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Old Soul

from Basilisk by J. Robbins

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lyrics

this was your song
long before you were gone
the words still fight not to come my way

the emptiest space
the memory of your face
an afterimage, out of phase

old soul
the future isn’t ours to know
i walk in circles now, I’m singing to a ghost
with eyes closed
old soul
it’s suddenly a colder world

from which I retrace
connections made and games played
wide eyed, I never was that wise

and home’s not a place
it’s a knowing look, a 4th wall break
gift of a new world through your eyes

old soul
once open doors forever closed
precious cargo in a box of brittle bones
cruel blow
old soul
severed from the fold

old soul
the future isn’t ours to know
I walk in circles, now I’m singing to your ghost
with eyes closed
old soul
severed from the fold

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from Basilisk, released February 2, 2024

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J. Robbins Baltimore, Maryland

J. Robbins has been the singer/guitarist and principal songwriter in several DC-and-Baltimore-area post-punk rock bands since the late 1980s, most notably Jawbox, Burning Airlines, and Channels. He is also owner and operator of the Magpie Cage recording studio in Baltimore MD.
T-shirts and other J. Robbins-related merch are available at www.shirtkiller.com/jrobbins

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