Kiss Among the Dead

from Lines of Prematurity by Travis Atwell

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I showed up early to the bar
And that’s OK
‘Cause it gave me a chance
To make some new friends, anyway

One was this old guy
Who said he studied to be a priest
But he messed it up, he said
And had five kids within a week

When you showed up
I was petting on a labrador
You looked better than your picture
I’d been looking at before

And the scarf that you wore around your neck
Oh, well I gotta say it made my heart a wreck

And oh I, sometimes
Have trouble getting words
Outside my head

Ain’t it funny how we kissed among the dead

And we showed up
To my friend’s house, they were high
And they handed us some sparklers
As we walked into the night

And the light cast
Shadows on the pavement
You looked at me and smiled
And said I know where we should go next

We’ll make up stories all about their lives
The loves they had, the ones they left behind

And oh I, sometimes
Have trouble getting words
Outside my head

Ain’t it funny how we kissed among the dead

And I’ll come see you
In New York City
You’ll take me to a restaurant
You found the other day

We’ll share a walk
A conversation on the Hudson
With Brooklyn in the air
I kinda want to stay

And oh I, sometimes
Have trouble getting words
Outside my head

Ain’t it funny how we kissed among the dead?

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from Lines of Prematurity, released May 24, 2016

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Travis Atwell Carrboro, North Carolina

Travis Atwell is, foremost, a passionate believer in the power of storytelling and language. He has been writing songs for nearly a decade, capturing the highest and the lowest emotional and experiential images of youth and young adulthood.His music is designed to create an intimate, refined, and emotional experience that glides seamlessly between introspective melancholy and unbridled fun. ... more

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