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The Catalyst

from Aging Truths by Meridian

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Written 12/4/09

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I think that I was distracted the day you came home. I was so used to airplanes and cellular phones. We were dead set on making up for lost time. Well, you can seek, but you won’t find. Now the only thing stopping myself is my mind, like a concrete wall stacked a thousand feet high. They said, “You’d better start digging or learn how to fly.” I said, “No thanks, I’ll just walk right on through.” (x2) Chorus: I walk with a weight in my shoes. An invisible cloud around my head. I keep my fears by my side and hope that one day they might serve as a catalyst for something else more positive. I think that I was distracted that night one roof, and when the cops showed up you were tying your shoes. I said, “Come on, we don’t have any time. Can’t you see?” You said, “Time don’t have anything for me.” So I smiled and I laughed as I crawled back inside. Fell drunk on the ground and knocked over the light. I said, “With everyone I love, I leave some pieces behind.” You said, “I know how you feel. It’s alright.” (x2) (chorus) So I wallow and drown. I kick and I flail. Heaving and panting and gasping for air. Sick of the cyclical nature of things and the doubts and regrets and the trees with no leaves. So I walk thru the train yards and run in the streets, but that sinister, smiling cycle repeats. And I climb up the stairs and collapse on the floor. I don’t know what to think anymore (x2). Don’t think I ever did. I think that I’ve been distracted for most of my life in a sea made of pavement and yellow-dashed lines. With everyone you love, you leave some pieces behind. So dry your eyes now, it’s alright.

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from Aging Truths, released September 25, 2012
Max Stern - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Percussion
Jake Stern - Vocals, Banjo

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Meridian Cleveland, Ohio

Jake, Max, Steve, Tim and Rozco. five nice midwesterners that play tunes for you.

currently spread across Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. occasionally reconvening to make music, drink whiskey and play pinball.

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