Hard To Keep Moving

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Jonathan Mann

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Published on August 24, 2018 8:12:29 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZDOkQVkLIo

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Sometimes it’s Hard to Keep Yourself Moving
Song A Day #247

I just couldn’t dance
When it mattered the most
I froze: I split the party into two
I caused the tide to rise
Behind two brown eyes
As hard as I tried
I couldn’t change the scene
Magnets and gravity
The whole room was mad at me

Some things you just can’t change
Sometimes it’s hard to move

A windowless room
An ungrateful groom
Too soon: fingers twisted into knots
And lightning struck the church
When prayer doesn’t work
You’re left with knives and forks
And I felt like a jerk
Magnets and gravity
The whole room was mad at me

Please, Please
I heard the minister say
None of this was sinister, heyWe all are friends here
Coasts and jackets coming off
Mouths and guns were going off
40 tons of souls were spilling out into the room

And I’m gonna sweep
Up this mess
Just as soon as I sleep
For 24 hours, straight

My heart wouldn’t beat
And I couldn’t speak
My teeth: were littering the floor
And just as I heard my name
That’s when she came
Inevitable as rain

Tears came out like waves
I knew I couldn’t stay
Or I’d be swept away

Please, Please
I heard the minister say
None of this was sinister, heyWe all are friends here
Coasts and jackets coming off
Mouths and guns were going off
40 tons of souls were spilling out into the room

Trees growing out the floor
Flames spilling in the door
A hot wind blew
Eagles flew up overhead
I heard a voice, not what it said
But it was you

It was you
It was you
It was you-ooo

It was you
It was you
It was you-ooo

A bluebird was singing
My ears were ringing
I looked, but you weren’t there




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