A heaving sigh
A kiss goodbye
A familiar AM
A looming frown
Turned upside down
Vacant expression
A heavy heart
That’s slow to start
A dormant engine
This stinking pit
I’m drowning in
Mounting tension
Boulders stacked
Upon my back
Already straining
A steep incline
Was doing fine
But now it’s raining
Edges frayed
Patience spayed
Conscience waning
Every man for himself
Every virtue, expelled
A society breaking
"Eternal Transition"
Hiding
From light
And all else
That might
Maim me
Waiting
For you
To come
Down here
And claim me
Nothing can
Hurt me
If nothing
Comes at me
An eye
Turned to blind
To reach out
And grab me
Life should be
An eternal transition
Sopping wet
With the tears
That you
Gave me
If the day comes
When you change
I'll be waiting
Safety of
Nothing
In a dangerous
Calm
Hearing
Ignorning
A beckon
Or call
With not left to say
Let us end
This transmission
"Summer Guitar"
My guitar
Is a summer guitar
When the
Winter falls
It comes apart
Chilly air
Detunes
And tone
Won't sit still
In the room
These strings
They vibrate
Out of sync
Keeping my
Finger callus
Black as ink
As dark clouds
Loom
The only songs
I'm playing
Are somber tunes
I guess my soul
is a summer soul
It takes
A sunny day
To make me whole
Cool gentle breeze
That bring
Bad feelings
To their knees
My heart
It misses
Several beats
But once
My pulse
Has slowed
I'll go to sleep
And then
I'll dream
A composite
Of all
Blissful things
"Tommy's Angels"
This is for you
And your
Lasting imprint
That lingers here
To the blades
Of grass
That met
Your feet
And all
Your friendships
On this sphere
There we were
A tender age
And Tommy's Angels
For a day
This is for you
And our
Heavy hearts
Because you're gone
An empty
Fissure
That you
Once filled
Now little
Blue devils
Still haunt
The dawn
There you were
Another spell
A trampoline
And a little welt
But time
Blows circles
Around where
We've been
As it
Passes us by
Like a leaf
In the wind
But here we are
Hanging
Our heads
For a moment
Of silence
A quiet "Amen"
All things
Make ripples
To all ends
Of the globe
And keep us
Connected
As if bounded
By rope
So the
Whole wold over
Hanging
Their heads
Quiet
Just for a moment
A quiet "Amen"
credits
released July 14, 2021
All songs by
Maxwell Atkins
Produced by
Maxwell Atkins, Tim Collins
Engineered by
Tim Collins, Maxwell Atkins
Mixed by
Tim Collins
Mastered by
Matthew Schweinberg
Arranged by
Maxwell Atkins, Tim Collins, Stephanie Ross
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