Name: Joshua
Duration: P00H03M39S
Description: "Sometimes I go about pitying myself and all the while I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds." ~ Ojibwa Expression.

Joshua

from Mump by The Tomorrow File

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"Sometimes I go about pitying myself and all the while I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds." ~ Ojibwa Expression.

lyrics

Joshua says all things fade away
The sunshine lays him low
He's cashing checks from the government
His brother tells me so

Joshua gets by through the U.S. mail
Death by a thousand drinks
The Joshua I knew then was the best of us
No matter what he thinks

Joshua, are you there?
What can I do to help you break
Your thousand yard stare?
Joshua, are you there?

Joshua sleeps through the afternoon
He's writing a lot, they say
An unpainted wall in an empty room
Fading day by day

Joshua dreams of his innocence
All things possible and true
He holds fast to his memories
The mirror is so cruel

Joshua, are you there?
Were love and loss and life all so much
More than you could bear?
Joshua, are you there?

Considering life
Is like staring into the sun.
You missed the starting line
Now you're too tired to run.

There is a time for all things
Every man has his season
Cross-eyed and howling
In a land where hope is treason

Joshua, are you there?
Your photo looks right through me, old friend
Are you beyond repair?
Joshua, are you there?

credits

from Mump, released October 25, 2012
Words: Daniel J.S. Lewis and Ed Hecht. Music: Daniel J.S. Lewis.

Recorded and Mixed by Daniel J.S. Lewis at Dead Dog Studio.

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The Tomorrow File Buffalo, New York

The Tomorrow File comes at you with smart hooks and penetrating lyrics. A singer/songwriter with an eclectic ability to fuse genres in an originally singular way.

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