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lyrics

Yes I understand where the impulse might come from
When something this big hits
You might just want some skywriting
But I don’t
No I don’t

Writ large it has less meaning
Writ large it loses feeling
And I want all of this
To register somewhere I can’t miss

Cause what everybody feels but never says
Is there’s enough space here to drown out everything
We’ll need the narrow ruled paper
Sharpened pencils to write our fate in

There’s still edges
If we want them
For transgression
When we want it

Writ large it has less meaning
Writ large it loses feeling
And I want all of this
To register somewhere I can’t miss

Cause it’s unreasonable to know how we get there
But is it possible to say the end is clear
We’ll take the grammar that we’ve expected
Bend it slowly in our fashion
Semicolons to build connection
Oxford commas for clarification

Writ large it has less meaning
Writ large it loses feeling
And I want all of this
To register somewhere I can’t miss

credits

from Until It's Beautiful, released September 2, 2015
Elizabeth: vocals, piano
Alexi: guitar, bass, drums

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Everything in Pen San Francisco

Combining the pop sensibility of Big Star and narrative observations of Jonathan Richman and Aimee Mann, Everything in Pen’s songs cover many topics---war criminals, sexism, and Dave Eggers--through her unique lens as an obsessive reader. She sings the things you won’t say aloud, of the foolishness, the hopefulness and the almost unbearable humanness of us all. ... more

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