A Note to Friends (from Waves)

from My New Hat by Ryan Lee Williams

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This track was originally released on Ryan's fourth full-length album, Waves. It has been remastered by Justin LeCuyer for its inclusion on this album.

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I can't promise you too much right now, I'm only good for rambling
I gotta tell the truth, I'm mostly down inside myself
I can't stay in one place right now so I'm just gonna move
Don't count on me, I will not follow through

It goes in waves, it oscillates, I don't always set the intervals
I try to find the patterns in the fields
But all too often I get stuck inside and can't get out
Trapped in the cycle, limits set the route

So I'm leaving here for some time, get the distance that I need
Force the changes that I really need to see
Don't think that I don't love you just because I had to leave
Everywhere I go I'll carry what you've given me

Expectations have left me hopeless while I deny they exist
This brutal list of options that I didn't write is limited
But I've yet to rip it up, throw it scattered in the wind
Meaningless concessions appear and I just get drawn in

So I'll change the setting, change the context, I'll burn the list
I'll pack up my guitar and bounce around some for a bit
I'm not expecting this to fix me, no, I'm not really broke
I just need to confuse the patterns, I just need to confuse home

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from My New Hat, released December 9, 2012
Written by Ryan Williams. Justin LeCuyer plays mandolin.

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