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(...Or "No Mystical Energy Field Controls My Destiny")

I stand with grace and conviction / in the bricks and shadows of Princeton / and make a promise to myself / I swear on my forefathers’ namesake / that I will outlast all the headaches / and hold on to my health

In the face of deadlines and choices / I hear all the howling voices / pulling me aside / begging me just to listen / and keep up with their grand tradition / of telling me what’s right

My heart it screams out / I miss my hometown / the one I ditched and threw away / on these charts I write out / the best escape route / in hopes I’ll make it back one day / one day

I stand with my triumphs and failures / and dreams about spaceships and sailors / that I’ve had since I was born / and notions about love and romance / that I hold on to on the off-chance / I find someone I adore

‘Cause I’ve been on the brink of destruction / been drunk and unable to function / but ain’t we all / I’m just trying to make a new living / without all the shameful misgivings / and be in for the long haul

My heart it screams out / I miss my hometown / the one I ditched and threw away / on these charts I write out / the best escape route / in hopes I’ll make it back one day / one day

The hardest part / about life, it seems to me / is there’s no destiny / our fates are not / planned out endlessly / there’s nothing meant to be

Each choice we make / the paths we walk and hearts we break / we’ve no one else to blame / it’s all on us / to find people that we trust / and carve a place out of our own and do our best not to fuck it up

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from Strange Things Can Happen At Sea, released June 5, 2015

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