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Tollund Boy

from Melodramas by marblemouth

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words and music by Marblemouth
Inspiration from "Tollund Man" by the Mountain Goats, from 1996's "Sweden"

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Black hair and a monroe piercing and lips a vibrant shade of red and skin as pale as the flash of the camera you use to take artsy photographs.
All of 18 years old and a complete mystery.
All my friends try to tell me that you are into me.
So despite your better efforts I still manage to believe that you intersect with an unrealistic expectation and a girl from my dreams.

Something that I have easily confused: you have some direction, you can give me some that I can use to map out paths that lead me to be warm in a bed somewhere no longer alone out there?
I always felt stage fright when I'm walking up to you and

leading you away from me into the darkness of someone else's bedroom
ignoring all the warning signs, your confused face, my impending doom.
And how excited I am to see you tilt your head and receive my kiss,
but open your mouth and swallow the words that tumble out, awkwardly, after it.

So goodbye young shameful Brendan,
and goodbye Boston sky
and goodbye cold heiress, I am leaving you forever.
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.

There's no mercy that could make your love more strong,
the love you hold for me, which will leave you before the night has gone.

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from Melodramas, released November 3, 2013

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Marblemouth is a recording project that began in Boston in 2012. Message me if you don't want to pay for something.

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