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Some hard words a flash flood,
As it unrolls unto the blank sky.
There's life under your thumb,
But it's iced in. The water's shallow.
As our quiet comes undone,
You break open wide into a payphone.
For all the hours you've done,
It's a loud crash and then you wake up.

If this is what it's like to never be right,
Well then forget it. I don't care if I'm right.
You narrowed your eyes, tilted your head to one side,
Slipped back and stopped listening and I didn't mind.

A drunk speech, warm blood.
And then silence for hours and hours.
There's pride under your tongue,
And it's widening and I'm a shadow.
Struck new by old actions,
You rise up into the thick snow.
A thousand hours in one,
Until the light bursts and then we wake up.

If this is what it's like to never be right,
Well then forget it. I don't care if I'm right.
You narrowed your eyes, tilted your head to one side,
Slipped back and stopped listening and I didn't mind.
We're getting used to the quiet so keep dimming the lights.
It's not sadness or illness, it's fine.
We've got nothing to hide, it's keeping us alive.
We're getting so used to the sun inside.

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from The Outcome. The Static. The Snow., released March 1, 2015

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The Proper Things Newfoundland and Labrador

The Proper Things are a band from Corner Brook, Nl. The band maintains a solid, punk rock approach to writing music with honest and direct songs that worm their way into your head and get stuck deep in your brain. This latest release is a diverse mix of punk, pop, and rock that will forcefully grab you and most likely shake you a little bit. ... more

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