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Landmarks For Locals

from State and the Nimbus Cloud by MAPMAKER

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lyrics

It’s a nightlight in my hallway
As ancient as the swing
Drifting gently in my own backyard

It’s a crypt behind the highway
A landmark for the locals
That make love behind the parking lot

It’s a corner of my being
A mirror to myself
That explains the reasons I can’t think

It’s a fountain of excitement
A river of suspense
Monumental springs that I can drink

We are not lost, we are not following trails
There’s so much more to see
If we stopped ourselves then we would fail
In what is meant to be

It’s a window in your basement
That shows the time of day
When your watch is in the factory

It’s a lonely dirty alley
Suburban effigy
Used by neither criminals nor thieves

Climb across the boundaries
Let yourself be taken away
To the invisible points on the map
All the famous attractions
Absorb them all and wither away
They all go home
And we stay out to play


It’s the colors put together
Of fall and itchy sweaters
Burning pumpkin spice that makes me smile

It’s a walk along the grasses
Away from all the masses
That give us a chance to think a while

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from State and the Nimbus Cloud, released March 6, 2010

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