All That Running Around

by Bijou Noir

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	1.	All That Running Around 04:28	lyrics	buy track
	I used to think to be all by myself would make me stronger But all that running around it only wore me down So when it came time to get mine and take flight I was unsound I could reach no height and I ran aground I ran aground The complicated question of where you're from Depends on where we are when you ask Doesn't really matter where I'm from Every time I lift off I land I used to think to be all by myself would make me stronger But all that running around it only wore me down So when it came time to get mine and take flight I was unsound I could reach no height and I ran aground I ran aground I am from a long line of lonely men With deep set eyes and secretive hearts Far too familiar with abandonment Nothing special, set completely apart I used to think to be all by myself would make me stronger But all that running around it only wore me down So when it came time to get mine and take flight I was unsound I could reach no height and I I ran aground Oh, to the ground I could reach no height and I I ran aground Straight to the ground The stony ground I could reach no height and I I can only see you in stark relief All the details obscured I never seen what your mama seen and I Ain’t heard the voices you heard I used to think to be all by myself would make me stronger But all that running around it only wore me down (It wore me down) So when it came time to get mine and take flight I was unsound I could reach no height and I I used to think I could reach those heights but I ran aground I used to think I could I used to think that I could I used to think I could reach those heights but I ran aground I used to think I could But I ran aground I ran aground Straight to the ground now I could reach no height and I I ran aground Straight to the ground The stony ground I could reach no height and I I ran aground

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I wasn’t expecting to feel this isolated while living somewhere as beautiful as Andalusia, Spain. Even as an outsider you can see the deep traditions that bind people together — and set you apart. One day I hear a group of men singing jaunty songs with complex and haunting harmonies. I venture downhill, following the music, and find they’re practicing for an annual festival that happens in the spring. They’re excited to tell me about it, and seem genuinely interested in sharing it. But I will have to leave by the time the festival happens.

Once a few months earlier, in another country, I struck up a conversation with a local as I was walking. He asked where I was from, and I hesitated. If we’d have been in Minneapolis, I could have said Nokomis or if we were in Minnesota I could have said Minneapolis, but we were so far from all that. I didn’t have a landmark. He playfully mocked me, like, How could you not know where you’re from? I felt a bit lost. And, anyway, I’m here now.

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released May 14, 2021

bijounoir.co / givetake.life

Lyrics, vocals, music, electric ukulele by Augustus Watkins
Strings by Ray Minge
Mixed by Garrett Neal
Mastered by Oli Morgan at Abbey Road Studios
Photo by Cait Greeley
Artwork by J. Lexvold

GT025S2 © 2021 Bijou Noir. ℗ 2021 Fraternal Order of Warlocks (ASCAP).

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Bijou Noir Los Angeles, California

World-weary electro-pop.

Bijou Noir’s Augustus Watkins explores what comes after breaking up with your entire state of being while living out of a suitcase, often in extreme isolation, moving from country to country, an ocean away from his hometown of Minneapolis, MN. ... more

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