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No Other Way Back Home

from Alternarratives by One Dog Clapping

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woke up this morning and it had all changed shape
it seemed so much easier to make my escape
so I walked off quickly into the sunrise
with forgotten footprints and a tingle in my eyes

when I saw her smile and she turned my way
I knew right then I was in the matinee
though I thought I'd been there and left all that behind
this time I knew there was really something to find

You don't know why you're doing it, you do it anyway
and you don't know what you're saying but you say it anyway
It doesn’t matter what you do, you have to play again
because there ain't no other way back home

the dance comes slowly what you have to do
is give yourself up to it, let the movement through
read the signals and respond in kind
don't look too close or you won't recognise your mind

You don't know why you're doing it, you do it anyway
and you don't know what you're saying but you say it anyway
It doesn’t matter what you do, you have to play again
because there ain't no other way back home

you breathe out you breathe in
you push back, still it comes in
you give up you give in
the story has you now it’s got you by the skin
you tell yourself it’s just a story being formed
you tell yourself the story is still being born
you tell yourself that this is a riddle you must solve
but I already knew the answer after I saw you unfold

You don't know why you're doing it, you do it anyway
and you don't know what you're saying but you say it anyway
It doesn’t matter what you do, you have to play again
because there ain't no other way back home

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from Alternarratives, released September 9, 2018

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