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now: navigate! - kevin devine lyrics

there are tiers, as in levels, to reality
on the industrial corner of north 17th street & wythe
two black public high school kids watch a nordic model get photographed
to them, she is lunar, impossible, alien life
so, as a comet might relate to a traffic-stopped taxicab
or a bahamas vacation to a stint in guantanamo bay
so, as access & privilege relate to their absolute opposites
that’s the way that these kids & this woman will always relate

and it’s n0body’s fault
yeah, no one’s to blame
we all work through the dark
we all carry the weight
slender shoulders & blindfolds
spinning in cycles
now, now, now: navigate!

there are tiers, as in layers, to an experience
through each lens & metric, the image warps every day
i’m either successful, independent, & largely uncompromised
or a non-starter, never-was, has-been since 2008

and it’s n0body’s fault
yeah, no one’s to blame
we all work through the dark
we all carry the weight
slender shoulders & blindfolds
spinning in cycles
now, now, now: navigate!

there are tears, as in waterworks, and they’re threatening
to spoil the negotiated sweetness of my afternoon
i can’t answer anything honestly without an asterisk
airquotes and doublespeak litter the fountain of youth

and if it’s n0body’s fault
then i’m not to blame
i just work in the dark
i just carry the weight
slender shoulders & blindfolds
stranded in cycles
now, now, now: navigate!

- kevin devine lyrics

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