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When I'm feeling this stuck, thank god I got a microphone
'Cause I've been sitting all alone
Going nowhere like a mobile home.
Adversity hitting like a cannonball
All attempts to move forward fail, I just trip and fall.

You wonder if everyone's cracking, is it just me?
Crashing cars, quitting jobs, ODs, I can see
People hitting the end their rope
With no hope
And you don't even know
Where it's safe for you to go.

Mercy mercy mercy.

When you feel it's gonna get worse, remember:
Every chorus needs a next verse.

Sometimes adversity comes and we're not prepared.
Got no plan, we get scared
And start making excuses.
Clutching grievances regarding various frauds and abuses,
Losing perspective, confound a tragedy with a nuisance.
How can you distinguish when you're flooded with bad news?
Out in the world, in your home, it's all blues.
I could find a way through it if I had time to think,
But I don't and my thoughts dissipate like disappearing ink.

Mercy mercy mercy.

I feel like I'm climbing a ladder with no rungs.
How can I hear the truth when so many people are speaking in tongues?

Need to find some time but there's no time to find.
I got so little left.
The hands on the clock are spinning like a top.
Let me catch my breath, let me catch my breath.

Billionaires kick the earth in the balls and ride a dick to space.
Racist governors make teachers lie about the white race.
Authoritarians talk about freedom with a straight face.
How do I keep a smile on my face and still clean up the place?
See that "Be Kind" sign, it's fine, but it's not enough.
Deselect my electors and I might "be kind" of rough
On your noggin,
Send you down a hill of suffering on a misery toboggan.
And another thing.
You're not gonna live in my head rent-free.
I need to make space to simply be.
It's not as easy as pie or like Sunday morning,
Every optimistic thought encounters a warning.
How do I think of the future but not sit there and dwell on it?
How do I share a piece of my soul but not get to selling it?
Promise me a bit of mercy at the end of the line
And I'll be fine, I'll be fine, I'll be fine, I'll diguhmadiguhmadiguhmadiguhma

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from The Charm of Abstraction, released June 1, 2023

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Disappearing Ink Baltimore, Maryland

New album 6/1/23 from Baltimore songwriter/producer Lawrence Lanahan's band Disappearing Ink! On The Charm of Abstraction, Lanahan abandons guitar for mesmerizing synths, intricately programmed beats, imaginative sampling, and occasional rhymes. Even with a new sound, his core songwriting voice--“melodic and lyrical invention,” “chilling chord progressions,” “rare honesty and power"- remains. ... more

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