I Don't Know What For

from Praise Box by The Plastic Arts

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Before I lose my nerve I think it's time to go
Packing my bags then we'll hit the road
To Berkeley, California for the sort of life I've longed for

My habits and my friends are bring me down
I'm ripping up the roots I buried in this town
I'm jumping off the hook that pulled my peers in for the long haul

But misery loves company it keeps them at the table
They're buried in their drinks that keep them married to the fable
But I don't know what for

I'm taking my job from the guy who quit
He finally told the boss he's tired of this shit
The life that he's leaving is my inheritance
I wander through the streets until they feel like home
Going through the motions until they're in my bones
Putting in the work it takes to forget where you can from

But something looks familiar in the faces of the locals
I wonder what they wish for when they're staring out the windows
But I don't know what for
But I don't know what for

Let the music sing it

I'm jumping off the clock and meeting up with friends
Drinking up a tab until the service ends
Try to get the room to stop its spinning but I want more

Mourning what I want but I could never get
The laundry list of deadlines that I never met
All the noble work I left abandaoned after false starts

Try to come to terms with what I already knew before
Maybe this poor man's San Francisco ain't the paradise I hoped for
Maybe this poor man's San Francisco ain't the paradise I hoped for

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from Praise Box, released July 31, 2009

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The Fall of Rome

Feb 2019
Time of War

Jan 2019
Save Yourself - EP

Dec 2017
Be Free - EP

Dec 2016
I'm Ready

Dec 2016
Academy Clonez

Nov 2011
Raleigh's Own

Feb 2010
Praise Box

Jul 2009

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