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I'm Still Here [2021]

by Maxwell Atkins

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Dormant Engine 02:34
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2.
Eternal Transition 03:18
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3.
Summer Guitar 02:02
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4.
Tommy's Angels 07:08
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"I'm Still Here" [2021]
1. Dormant Engine
2. Eternal Transition
3. Summer Guitar
4. Tommy's Angels


LYRICS:

"Dormant Engine"

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

Artwork by
Lindsey Leibold


Featuring performances by:

Maxwell Atkins
acoustic guitars, vocals, bass

Tim Collins
electric guitars, slide guitar

Stephanie Ross
drums, percussion

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