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from The Old Man the Boat by The Madeleines

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lyrics

They started measuring seconds
In hundreds and tens
And it was fake but it still made sense

Now blocks of sixty pass around the world
What we invented is the present tense

I hate being a woman and I’d hate to be a man
Sometimes I hope no one ever looks at me again

Sometimes I hope that when you look at me you want to break every finger in my hand

Masculine and feminine I'll never hear the end of it
There's never any sense in it
Just snap all my ligaments

It’s not self-destructive if it was never me
And it wasn’t invented if it’s always been

Time is realer than clocks are fake
People matter more than words we hate

Sometimes there's use in phoniness
It's time to give up all the rest

Maps on my wall, they get it all wrong
We hate on Mercator but at least he got the shape right
Screwed over the equator but he didn't set out to do
We're moving on despite a semblance of use

There's no projection of me onto words so slim
That get it right without distortion
Drawing a world without her or him
I could stop being lost

Sometimes there's use in phoniness
It's time to give up the rest

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from The Old Man the Boat, released August 19, 2022
Vocals by Karen Laws. Drums by Joichaun Taylor. Guitars, Bass Guitar, and Keyboards by Michael Richardson.

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The Madeleines Annandale, Virginia

The Madeleines are an indie rock and folk group from Annandale, Virginia. Their debut full-length The Old Man The Boat came out in August 2022.
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to Turquoise & Gold out March 2023.

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