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The Moon and My Friends

from Academy Training Wasted by Character Actors

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As a general rule, if you think it's a Gaslight Anthem reference, it is.

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My friends have gone home, my friends have gone home
and nobody left standing that I want to know
the fires in our eyes died three hours ago
but I never made plans to leave
So where do I go? So where do I go?
the songs and the scene and the night has grown old
I've used up all my party tricks, sick of my sick jokes
and can't imagine where else to be

redefining madness, it's the same story every night
but under the moonlight, we're drawn in like the tide
knowing soon enough the laughing will be crying
the same sinking feeling every time the party's dying
and alone under streetlight, asking strangers for the time

I'd rather play dumb, I'd rather play dumb
this will hurt in the morning, so may the morning never come
the last man standing, at the mercy of the sun
the city sleeps or has the good sense to play dead
so where do I run? So where do I run?
I'm all out of answers and tripping on my tongue
as I try to recall the real damage done
and thinking about what an old man said (maybe I should call...)

for help, but I can't feel a single thing but the weight
gravity drags my weary bones as I fight my way
make a break, great escape from the smoky room
mistake a lonely streetlight for the moon
briefly think about the tide, hit the floor and throw up in waves

the moon, she mocks me as my stomach spills onto the floor
knowing, sure as the tide, I'll only come back for more
and soon enough the laughing will be crying
the same sinking feeling every time the party's dying
and my friends will go home as if they have another time to live for

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from Academy Training Wasted, released October 24, 2019
Josh Booth; Alex Rijpma

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Leeds' friendliest and handsomest British-Dutch-Seychellois punk rock band, formerly Free Dogs. New album, THE HARD PART, out now!

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