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Simple Machine

from A Place by The HeartSleeves

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Our first Demo off the new album we are working on this year! Much more to come!

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Simple Machine

(verse 1)
you put me in a strange place
a crowd without an introduction
the sound loops through the dead space
the feelings like a vague corruption

the verbiage holds the true grace
that's lacking in the elocution
my selfishness must save face
I'm looking for an institution

(Chorus)
tones change, soothing time
a functioning world in pantomime
Born to see things, I shouldn’t have seen
swallow me and keep me clean

Simple machine (X4)

(bridge)
momma told her child
you’ll have to stand and fight
stop and you’ll feel lonely
disappear from sight

climb up past your laurels
and brace against the seems
don’t ever sign it over
for the quality of means

(verse 2)
I'm conscious of the new pace
aware of my own deconstruction
the second shoe, the coup de grace
expectation is the interruption

past messages in locked safes
I’m praying for a revelation
I feel the burn of cold space,
Dissolve my concrete dedication

(Chorus)
tones change, soothing time
a functioning world in pantomime
Born to see things, I shouldn’t have seen
swallow me and keep me clean

Simple machine (X4)

(bridge)
momma told her child
you’ll have to stand and fight
stop and you’ll feel lonely
disappear from sight

climb up past your laurels
and brace against the seems
don’t ever sign it over
for the quality of means

Simple machine (X8)

Lyrics Reprinted by Permission.
©2013 The Heartsleeves™, All Rights Reserved

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from A Place, released October 12, 2013
by Jared Lucas Nathanson and David Scott Lewis

Jared Lucas Nathanson - Vocals
Heather McCormack - Vocals
Mark Yanowitz - Bass
David Lewis- Guitar
Brandon Bergman - Drums
Jim DiNardo - Percussion
Joshua Troderman - Keys

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The Heartsleeves Boston, Massachusetts

Neo Eclectic, Soul Reflected, Sounds From Real Life!

Born in the glory and pageant of the noble working cities of Boise, Cleveland, Schenectady, Boston and Syracuse, "The Heartsleeves" is the voice of the no frills sincerity of real world American life.

We write our songs live, and refine them into a melancholy powder of sweet painful regret and sprinkle it on hearty soul pop. ... more

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