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Honey pack your things, we have to go
No, this time it’s different: they’ll force it, they’ll barge
Dad messed up, it’s come undone, in the car you’ll know
But get used to the phrase “father and daughter at large”

This is when our feet will show their worth
Let the boiling blood rush and push you to fly
But my dear, my only crime is that it wasn’t perfect
And now you’re caught up in this bleak web of lies

Two shots are all that you need to end two lives in a row
But the first misses the mark, trying to save you both
But then the hole in the wall testifies under oath
That the second makes a widow out of someone’s wife
And though my life isn’t finished, it’s over and done with
And now we’re on the run

They promised me correction every time
You can’t fix that we need bread, and circuses alike
Ludovico didn’t work, Mr. Deltoid let them know
They leave you in the streets, with your whole life to sew

And in my suburban plight, staying barely out of sight
Trying to do what they told me is right, ain’t it funny
I was just scavenging the sidewalk, but then someone comes along
With a gun and with an offer and our god
O’ praise be unto him, the almighty riches
And now we’re on the run

Lesson one: the world is not for the likes of us
If you begin the race last, you’ll end behind
I’m afraid at your school they’ve lied to you
I know, oh I know, they’ve lied to me too

I didn’t want to do this but you have to understand
Lesson two: you gotta take or you gotta leave
With the latter you become just another prey of hunger
But at least you get to keep your peace of mind
I decided to take my chances and run with them
And now we’re on the run

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from The Garden of Earthly Plights EP, released November 29, 2019
Music: Joan Roca
Lyrics: Henrique Rocha

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Arcadian City Leiden, Netherlands

Arcadian City is an alternative and progressive rock band that was born in the city of Leiden in the Netherlands in 2017. The band spent the following year and a half playing its original songs in live performances. Now, and after a year of recording, mixing and mastering, the band will releasing its first EP "The Garden of Earthly Plights" on November 29th. ... more

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