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Commuter Fatigue

by Charlie Crane

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1.
Piledriver 02:11
siteswapping torches ain't as fun as it looks once gravity makes itself known the smoke always scorches and you're gonna get cooked by fire that can't be blown and i'm only losing because i gambled you just can't make an egg unscrambled i'm contemplating the fall from grace when the whole thing blows up in my face i thought i could handle it all but now i'm startin' to fall cuz it's getting too hard and this house of cards is coming down on me like a p-p-piledriver the descent's getting faster as i fall from the edge but i'll never hit the ground cement and the plaster are so far from the ledge i'm hoping i'll just rebound but now i'm feeling the consequence of having no decent common sense and why'd i put myself through this crap? my rubber band smile is about to snap i thought i could handle it all but now i'm against the wall because it's getting too hard and this house of cards is coming down on me like a p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p... i thought i could handle it all but now i'm startin' to fall because it's getting too hard and this house of cards is coming down on me like a p-p-piledriver
2.
staccato stilettos speared her lipstick-smeared cigarette and it's all that i could do to stay upright behind her in the cafe line her perfume smelt of sparkling wine i reminded myself staring ain't polite well, i'm a freshman fish out of water and she could be a senator's daughter eye contact's not even in the cards grabbing my large coffee to go, i ventured out into the snow but as i left i thought i caught her smile
3.
i hate the lighting in this place makes it hard to read your face not that i normally can am i straight or am i blind i can't tell what's on your mind am i supposed to understand? how long can two restless souls remain in parallel? our resilience surprises me but we're closer to the end than the beginning, i can tell when the expectation of intuition paralyzes me we've settled into patterns here it's easy to be cavalier and claim that everything's fine but when a game that once was fun becomes an ultimatum it's time to draw the line we don't want to lose each other to the great unknown we've become entwined so completely but each and every date is increasingly argument-prone and the expectation of intuition terrorizes me
4.
she saunters through the bar to a string of muted wows and gestures to a jar that reads 'tipping's not just for cows' and i wonder what she's doin' workin' such a dive til i pick up on the atmosphere upon which she can thrive she hones in on me cuz i take pride in what i wear and ignores the slack-jawed yokels who can't control their stares and by night's end she is counting the money she's amassed working seven nights a week, you know it really adds up fast and she says i was a pleasure to serve so i close my tab and work up the nerve to ask her if her job satisfies she laughs and tells me i couldn't do it if i tried there's an art and a science to it mixing business with pleasure is such hard work there's an art and a science to it not to say that it's not without its quirks when men with suits and wedding rings compete for her attention ignoring all decorum and defying all convention laying charge cards on the counter like marking territory doing primary research at a seduction laboratory she smiles at them and settles their bill but it takes a fair amount of will not to Google them and locate their wives and message them about what their husbands do at night there's an art and a science to it mixing business with pleasure is such hard work there's an art and a science to it not to say that it's not without its perks
5.
last night's talk was no fun, but now i am a different man i'm doing everything i can to make sure i don't take advantage of her trust i came so close to losing her i can see clearly now and i have learned exactly how to ascertain behavior that i should adjust but changing overnight is hard for anyone to do and i wouldn't put it past her to install a fail-safe or two i'm aware that she's putting me through a test so i don't want to betray my eagerness i'll be on best behavior, show her i've changed and hope it won't seem strange so i'm sitting on a bar-stool waiting for my whiskey coke listening to indie folk these guys will never graduate past opening band when a girl way out of my orbit asks if i would care to dance and i'm tempted to take a chance but say i'm spoken for and sit upon my hands i spend the rest of my night on high alert never shaking the suspicion this bombshell was hired to flirt i'm aware that she's putting me through a test and now i'm living in fear of an arrest and all the eggshells are strategically placed tell me, how many more days? i'm aware that she's put me to the test this i know because now she has confessed and after careful thought now she is sure she's granting me tenure
6.
Kuminjay 02:44
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7.
your party was such fun it's too bad that no one was able to give me a ride so i race to the turnstile it's only a half mile but time isn't quite on my side the pathway is winding and my sweat is blinding i'm getting blisters on my feet but i cannot turn back as i reach the train track and finally collapse in my seat just in time to hear the final all-aboard to a train that i nearly missed i shouldn't have stayed so late but it's far too hard to resist your lips, and that final goodbye kiss my timing was perfect it was totally worth it to get to see you for a while my heartrate's subsiding on metra i'm riding and the memories all make me smile the pizza and red wine and forgotten punchlines to jokes we've heard somewhere before and those last stolen minutes we kissed in the kitchen before you led me to the door the final all-aboard to a train that i nearly missed i shouldn't have stayed so late but it's far too hard to resist your lips, and that final goodbye... kisses make me reckless, this is true but i wouldn't miss the last train home for anyone but you
8.
Doubletime 02:46
this almost never happened i almost didn't try but i saw that you were blushing and knew we both were shy i think it might be love because i'm feeling so sublime and every time you're near i feel my heart start beating doubletime we will talk until we've got nothing to say then look in each other's eyes we've found a better way i'm sure it must be love because i'm feeling so sublime and every time you're near i feel my heart start beating doubletime we're walking through the park we stop somewhere to rest your hands are on my head my head is on your chest i know that you're in love i know you're feeling so sublime because thru your ribcage i hear your heart is beating doubletime
9.
When I think of the things I've been thinking of, I feel insane Like if I dwell on them for much longer, they could leave a stain And so to those who have let me know I've not been wasting my brain Hearty regards, hearty regards, hearty regards When I walk into a crowded room, it tends to give me pause I find the corner with the household cat and get acquainted with his claws So anyone who shows me human contact is not a lost cause Hearty regards, hearty regards, hearty regards I wasn't issued the user's manual about how to deal I never know the answer to the question "how do you feel?" When I have a conversation, some time later in my head I will hear an instant replay of each sentence that was said So anybody who makes those moments less imbued with dread Hearty regards, hearty regards, hearty regards Hearty regards, hearty regards, hearty regards Hearty regards, hearty regards, hearty regards
10.
Dénouement 01:43

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These 10 tracks were (for the most part) recorded and written between February 16 and February 28 for the RPM Challenge (rpmchallenge.com).

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