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Window Shopping Economics

by Past Life

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Dominic James These are my new fight through tough times feel good anthems and I can't thank you enough for em Favorite track: Grandfather's Paradox.
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1.
Two Wolves 02:52
A constant growling background, I try to keep my head down Checking on my lists, catching up on what I missed From future satisfactions delayed by a distraction I’m online, shopping, dating, just procrastinating Maybe it’s time to feel jealous again So look at your friends, look where they’ve been, where have you been? Maybe it’s time to feel contagious again So love who you’ve been, stick when you land, help when you can Which wolf is going to win? I tend to feed them both I tend to feed them one at a time They follow me around town, I try to keep their hunger down It’s just complicated, I can’t quite satiate them I feed them when they ask me with foxes found on Broad Street A carnal celebration, I’m constantly enabling It’s 8 PM and you’re already in bed, so where are your friends? Which wolf is going to win? I tend to feed them both I tend to feed them one at a time You try to tame them but they’re alphas And the pack doesn’t know what to do They’re looking for direction But they’re blind to which path to choose And you know they’re getting hungry Cause they have their sights set on you They’re fighting and fighting Which wolf is going to win? I tend to feed them both I tend to feed them one at a time
2.
My Winner 04:03
I’ll lift you up when you’ve been heavy, I’ll be rooting for you When times get tough, I’ll toughen up and don my armor for two Don’t be a quitter, you're my winner, you’re a star in my eyes A burning fireball I’d like to make a toast to you for keeping with the race It doesn’t matter how you start, where you’ve been or how you place You just gotta keep moving It’s a mad-dash, moving fast People shouting from the sidelines, always feeling like you’re under attack And when the wall of sound dissipates, it’s me and you I’ll be whispering: “you've got nothing to lose” I’ll lift you up when you’ve been heavy, I’ll be rooting for you When times get tough, I’ll toughen up and don my armor for two Don’t be a quitter, you're my winner, you’re a star in my eyes A burning fireball, I’ll keep your flame alight I’ll lift you up when you’ve been heavy, I’ll be rooting for you When times get tough, I’ll toughen up and don my armor for two Don’t be a quitter, you're my winner, you’re a star in my eyes A burning fireball I’ll keep the car running You get ready, don’t spend any time comparing to those people on your phone They always make it look easy Draw the curtains, kill the lights, everyone’s just killing time like you Just keep moving, just keep moving, no we’re never gonna stop Cause our movements make momentum And momentum makes the plot I’ll lift you up when you’ve been heavy, I’ll be rooting for you When times get tough, I’ll toughen up and don my armor for two Don’t be a quitter, you're my winner, you’re a star in my eyes A burning fireball, I’ll keep your flame alight I’ll lift you up when you’ve been heavy, I’ll be rooting for you When times get tough, I’ll toughen up and don my armor for two Don’t be a quitter, you're my winner, you’re a star in my eyes A burning fireball Just keep moving, just keep moving, no we’re never gonna stop Cause our movements make momentum And momentum makes the plot I’ll lift you up on my shoulders cause together we can take the world
3.
Cardiac 02:53
maybe it's how i talk, maybe it's how i can't complete a story tracking backwards, twisting words, not making sense maybe it's how i walk or how i think my skin's imperfect or how i'm always late, making people wait maybe i'm too sad, maybe i'm not asking the right questions i try to stay engaging but i miss the mark i tend to take things slow, i've found a simmer's better than a boil they'll burn you either way but one will burn you less oh, i think i need to step back before the pain turns cardiac oh, a reevaluation, i like to think i'm patient, but i'm not sharing stories, grabbing sushi, texting all night, catching movies playing dress up, feeling flirty, making laughter, getting dirty whispering secrets, listing regrets, saying too much, it's a weakness saying goodnight, kissing softly, drive in silence, come home lonely and go to bed chain smoking, overthinking, disappointment, sinking feeling splitting dinner, takeout boxes, see you next time, cut your losses swiping people, like their products, window shopping economics saying goodnight, kissing softly, drive in silence, come home lonely and go to bed
4.
Let’s meet up at the diner by the park Where there’s always a place to sit Grab a cigarette and coffee, I don’t smoke But I always wish I did Because then i’d have a chance To socialize and bum from my friends But this isn’t all about that, all respects I'm just trying to keep my wits With the end looming near I could break it down for you, it could take it apart I could spell it out, I could connect the dots for you I could draw the line, but it still won’t be enough A simple conversation that goes down Like the sinking of a boat A whisper, then an echo, then a pause And a clearing of a throat I said I need to leave I'm sick of thinking what I could be But I swear I thought I loved you Like the sea, I'm just trying to stay afloat But some leaks can’t be fixed I could break it down for you, it could take it apart I could spell it out, I could connect the dots for you I could draw the line, but it still won’t be enough
5.
Shadows 04:08
Well I know that this can't end without you angry at me And I know you don't understand that this is best for you and me Don't be a shadow on the wall making giants out of small things Because the writing on the wall, well it's the story of my... Lights out, eyes wide open in the dark, the art of acting cool You and me, our future, it will never be the same, just act casual Don't be a shadow on the wall making giants out of small things Because the writing on the wall, well it's the story of my heartbreak It’s the story of my heartbreak, it’s the story of my... And I know it's over and over means over because I feel alone even when we're together And I know you suffer and I hope you better, I wish you the best, I wish you some other And I know it's over and over means over Cause I feel alone even when we're together Don’t be a shadow because every shadow fades away
6.
It hit me like the front of a bus In the car outside before I walk inside, I never liked to dance alone Because the jealousy comes knocking when i’ve got no hand to hold So I'll turn on the car and go Then I'll get a call on the phone Saying “Where you at? Are you coming back? You know I thought we’d have some fun This is the seventh time you promised and then ditched us in a month” The disappointment starts to show Like a shock to the heart, wake up, feel the current Flowing through your veins, rising to the surface The world’s on fire only if you burn it You can make the change, you can change the course Hang on, hold tight, I'll be there in a minute Just keep talking, stay on the line I'm there for you, I'm on your side Wait up, slow down, just tell me straight I won’t debate I'm here to hear you out I'll be the gravity when you need ground Like a shock to the heart, wake up, feel the current Flowing through your veins, rising to the surface The world’s on fire only if you burn it You can make the change, you can change the course If I traveled back in time and if I played the game again Would my hindsight show me shortcuts or would the cheating do me in? Because I would not be the person who is singing this today Life is like an addition problem, summing moves you make But subtraction sounds so tempting when life’s feeling like a loss I could take away the complications and return what I have bought So I'll change the things I loathe about myself, I'll change today Because I don’t want to be alive if it means I stay the same Like a shock to the heart, wake up, feel the current Flowing through your veins, rising to the surface The world’s on fire only if you burn it You can make the change, you can change the course
7.
Wait a minute, I could’ve sworn i’ve seen your face before In a magazine, on the TV screen You’ve been missing since November when you didn’t come home And your father cried and your mother called the police and put together a team They thought you were dead but now you’re at the gas station right in front of me With a bag of ice, blackened eye, standing in line with a man probably six foot three With a gun by his belt he was talking it up with the clerk I asked “are you okay?” And with a tear in your eye, the world just stopped All at once we had to run But the bullets went through us not past us but through us I still can’t believe that we don’t have holes in our chests Feeling like we had someone Guarding and watching us, stopping the end for us Letting us bloom to the flowers that we really are And when it started I could hear a scream When he pointed his gun directly at my face, I said “you better step away from her!” But with an itchy trigger finger, he had different plans to keep her Then he pulled, yeah he pulled, he shot a bullet right at us But when I went to check the damage, it was if they had just vanished And reappeared behind our backs, smoking walls, and shattered glass And with a tear in your eye the world just stopped All at once we had to run But the bullets went through us not past us but through us I still can’t believe that we don’t have holes in our chests Feeling like we had someone But the bullets went through us not past us but through us I still can’t believe that we don’t have holes in our chests Guarding and watching us, stopping the end for us Letting us bloom to the flowers that we really are
8.
9.
In the yard We’re throwing dice, we’re trying to kill some time I’ll try my luck if you can break a five And I’ll ante up At the bar I’ll take two whiskeys and a chamomile I like to sleep but I don’t like to feel When I’m all alone “So come back to my place, we got weed here for days” It’s hard to make sense when the logic’s insane Cause I is I as you is I - we’re cosmically the same The haunted gates of the west have cornered me as a guest And I think I’ve overstayed The mirror’s black, covered with tape The sun is down, it’s getting late Chicago seems too far away The moon is red we’re underneath Their fangs our out, our blood is sweet The den of thieves has come for me In the car About a thousand miles away from home Feeling like 2:21 in Rome And I’ll fall, fall, fall Fall apart I’m held together like a firework My fuse is lit and I’m about to burst And I hope I do “So come back to my place, we got weed here for days” It’s hard to make sense when the logic’s insane Cause I is I as you is I - we’re cosmically the same The haunted gates of the west have cornered me as a guest And I think I’ve overstayed The mirror’s black, covered with tape The sun is down, it’s getting late Chicago seems too far away The moon is red we’re underneath Their fangs our out, our blood is sweet The den of thieves has come for me My hands are cold, my eyes are glazed When I get scared I start to shake I won’t forget my father said “Just trust your bones, don’t trust your head” It’s getting late, they’re on their way A sacrifice, we cannot stay Get in the car, just run the reds And don’t look back The mirror’s black, covered with tape The sun is down, it’s getting late Chicago seems too far away The moon is red we’re underneath Their fangs our out, our blood is sweet The den of thieves has come for me
10.
You wake up, put your slippers on Another day, another marathon Of what you want, it’s a push then pull Your morning pills from a glass half full You try to reason, reason with your past life You put the money on the scale for the last time A broken promise, you know you gotta sober up And I’ll be better tomorrow I’ll be better tomorrow I’m constantly debating On how I got inside this cell inside myself Whose hands do the cuffs go on? Your nightly pills from a glass half gone If I fight the prison guard Emancipate my heart Cause he’s the devil I know and I’m too scared of the devil I don’t But I’m thinking of selling my soul so I will be better tomorrow I’ll be better tomorrow Release my heart from my mind

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released October 8, 2021

Produced by Dash Williams
Additional tracking by Gary Cioni at the Barber Shop Studios
Mastered by Fabian Tormin at Pläetlin Mastering

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Past Life Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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