Tomorrow's Responsibilities

from EP by Mercury Dimes

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lyrics

your head is on my shoulders
rough jazz bellows
from the living room
might as well be my live match
marching me
to the depths of its cold and graceful
wrenching tones

well, the coffees boiled over
and the soups gone cold
and the drapes hang down
against the freezing rain, and
sheltering under this quilt
it's the best that it can do
avoiding tonight's thoughts
of tomorrow's responsibilities

and my
hands shrink
maybe from the draft, or maybe
the wish
that my thoughts
would dwindle and remain with my body still
or become
the freezing rain
to shatter and to spill
all its secrets to me
or better yet,
to someone else
whose hands don't shrink
from the smallest things...

... and something will get me upset
and I won't eat right for days
and there's nothing to pass this haze
but to write
my simple words and
strum them with some chords, and hope
all this will pass
before the next disaster hits

and I
hope my hunger
doesn't fade
too soon
but I'm watching
my own desire
drowning in complacency
or maybe
my dreams have changed,
but that could be an excuse
as I watch the ice splinter across
my
windowsill-

do I know what's worth it still?

credits

from EP, released June 11, 2016

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Mercury Dimes Charlotte, North Carolina

Dynamics and raw-edged honesty.
Punk rock sentiments with hints of indie, punk, and folk from not-quite- Charlotte, NC.

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Laura Staples on Vocals/Guitar
Wesley Mauldin on Bass
Nathan Curlee on Drums/Percussion ... more

discography

Better Never

Mar 2023
You Don't

Mar 2023
Tide Me Over

Feb 2023
Songs from the Carpet

Dec 2022
Broken Down Everything

Nov 2021
EP

Jun 2016
Tour Split

Oct 2014

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