The Champ

from Flimsy Reed EP by Pinecone Teeth

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lyrics

Sprung out of the gate
Never knowing what was lacked
Overtook overcome by the pure sight

Seeing what was in reach
Brought a stutter to her stride
Undone by the pressure
of doing things right
Outfoxing her own might
Less has undone more formidable foes

When the party’s over
Will I be the last to know
Nobody’s sayin goodbye
How do you know when it ends

Will I be standing by myself
Mid-sentence with nobody else
I’ll gather my belongings
Clear out for the new party line.

All eyes bound by the spell of a true natural
Excelling in and out of the limelight

You can tell by the way that she runs
she’s still doing it for fun
I know it’s a day dream but if I could have made
It last forever that way
Maybe she wouldn’t have ever had to know

That the party’s over
Standing in a crowd alone
Nobody’s got the time
I think I’ve seen this before!

Like in the movies when the starlet fades
And all the sycophants they do just the same
The lonely mornings after
Add up til they can’t be denied

Do you remember the night
We didn’t know at the time
We were on the precipice of something big
Somehow the stars aligned
Can only chalk it up to luck not fate
I couldn’t recreate it if I tried

But now it’s time to let it go
Cuz the party’s over
Sink into your final bow
Etch in your memory their gaze
It’ll shine down again!
There’ll be a curtain call to collect
I promise you’re not so easy to forget
Champ keep your head up
I know it’s so hard to say goodbye

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from Flimsy Reed EP, track released May 14, 2021

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