Name: New London
Duration: P00H04M06S
Description: Something inoffensive

New London

by Monkey Soup

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Something inoffensive

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I've grown up in a world that doesn't know itself
My roots were formed in ash and dust
And now I can't recognize what's left and what's right
Who's dead and who's alive
Some days I may give up on trying to make sense
Of the thousand eyes that pass me by
And stare off at the crab apple tree
With a squirrel perched inside

He's trying to crack open a walnut with his teeth
And I could sit there watching for hours
Grasping at this moment of peace
But I'm tied to this wind that keeps us on our feet
And the longer I stay
The force grows stronger that moves me away

This morning I didn't know what to do with myself
So I got in my car and headed north
I drove towards New London, went around the Wolf River
While listening to Brave Little Abacus
And every house I passed looked so quiet
There was nothing wrong and nothing bright
I never felt less needed
But maybe that's alright

Small towns in nowhere, Wisconsin
Are healing and grieving every day
They don't need our suggestions
They'll live on past our busy ways
But what good is yearning for the simple
It won't break free of this temporal maze
History may be doomed
And loss is here to stay

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released January 29, 2021

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Monkey Soup Wisconsin

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discography

Repose

Jan 2023
Nature Songs

Jan 2022
Sweat

Mar 2021
Gain the Whole

Feb 2021
Ground

Feb 2021
New London

Jan 2021
Dull Pain

Jan 2021
Collection

Nov 2020

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