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The Wild Ones Tamed

from Lookout by Scott Pinkmountain

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The Wild Ones Tamed

Many mornings I rise, the fog is so dense
I cover the windows and go back to bed

There I lay dreaming asleep or awake
People I’ve known come and visit my head

My mother and father, old lovers of course
But acquaintances too, no idea what they mean
Teachers and colleagues, an ex-fiancé
Who I can’t recall the last time I’ve seen

Men who have wronged me in petty disputes
Women with whom I had but one night to spend
Familiar faces without even names
Though mostly old friends, mostly old friends

Oh where has it gone? The life I intended to lead?
Slipped through my fingers forever? No, I refuse to believe.

I while the hours in close conversation
With ghosts in old clothing long gone out of fashion
I bicker with devils over grudges gripped tight
And linger with phantoms entangled in passion

They wear the same faces, same youthful expressions
They dance as they did and say what they said
But now they are familied or lost to their labor
And their bodies have aged, or worse, I’m afraid.

Yes change often comes in predictable ways, we limit our love, we narrow our gaze
It’s broken my heart to see the wild ones tamed, but it’s sadder by far to see the ones
Who just stayed the same.

The days gone to lazing, whole nights lost in pleasure
Holiday feasts gone drunkenly wrong
Scars of risk taken worn proudly and open
Glorious hours spent wasted in song

Unhinged ideas we tried to explain
Some so complicated we didn’t even try to
Half a day’s drive to throw rocks at cold waves
Calling only to have somebody to cry to.

Oh where has it gone? I can’t be the only one to need
The affection and laughter of friends. No, I refuse to believe.

Yes change often comes in predictable ways, we limit our love, we narrow our gaze
It’s broken my heart to see the wild ones tamed, but it’s sadder by far to be the one
Who just stayed the same.

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from Lookout, released February 11, 2014

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Scott Pinkmountain (aka Scott Rosenberg) is an American musician and a writer. Over the past 20 years, he has recorded and performed extensively in the U.S. and Europe with many excellent musicians including Anthony Braxton, Jacopo Andreini, Gino Robair, Sam Coomes, Arrington Di Dionyso, Phil Minton, Jaap Blonk, Pauline Oliveros, Tim Daisy, Nate Wooley, and others. ... more

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