Realia

from Moe's Tavern 2/8/15 by The Great Ache

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Don't let it get to you
we all know what you're going through
the last thing that we need's to lose
another guiding light like you
Don't think you have to choose
eternity or daily news
God's no different from the dirt
that's clinging to your Sunday shoes
But know I'm a liar
and though you're a loner
know I'm only here to help
There's no such thing as money well spent
and no good reason to repent
how easily we do forget
that we are all the same accident
Look around you'll find
the best of us make fear their friend
"How?" you ask, my friend the answer's
in the mountains and the ants
and in the elephants,
dahlias and pirhanna fish
the moon, the breeze, our books, our hands
you never have to look any further than
Realia, the all is never greater than Realia
the all is only ever in Realia
when will we ever learn
Don't forget that making sense is something made up in the mind
Don't forget that being good is nothing more than being kind
You can't expect to get your way
The only way to be alive
is if you set out every day ready to die
Everything you'll ever be is here right now for you to see
Nothing could be more important or could come more easily
A simple truth that set me free
there's something out there bigger than me
of course, in and out don't mean a thing
not to the pebbles in the stream
not to a dying battery
a blade of grass, a galaxy
the freshly cut banana tree is equal here and now to you or me
Realia, the all is never greater than realia
the all is only ever in realia
when will we ever learn
All I said is what I meant
that we are all the same accident
the pieces may be burnt or bent
but we are all one accident
it's only an idea, and so it may be real
but only inasmuch as you know how it makes you feel
and feeling's just another little way that we forget
that we are all the same accident

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from Moe's Tavern 2/8/15, released February 10, 2015

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The Great Ache Chicago, Illinois

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Denis Hart-lead vocals, bass
Nick Richards- drums
Colin Butcher-guitar

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