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All That Running Around

from Expatriarch by Bijou Noir

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lyrics

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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from Expatriarch, released October 1, 2021
Lyrics, vocals, music, electric ukulele by Augustus Watkins
Mixed by Garrett Neal
Mastered by Oli Morgan at Abbey Road Studios
Photo by Cait Greeley
Artwork by J. Lexvold
Strings by Ray Minge

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Bijou Noir Los Angeles, California

Alt-pop singer-songwriter.

Moody electro productions, big choruses.

Bijou Noir is a genre-defying mix of intelligent pop, post-punk, new wave, electronic, and indie rock, with a strong lyrical center. ... more

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