Lyrics Limnology - Signals Midwest

Limnology

Burn brightly, my fair city.
This is my last song to you.
I’ve been spending my nights stumbling drunk and arguing with claims I can’t
refute.
I circumvented this entire town, east to west and back again.
I walked a tightrope on the power lines across the river and that’s how I
learned to swim.
You’ll never escape it — it will follow you.
I shifted in my seat at the funeral and searched for a memory of you,
but all my efforts were fucking useless so I strained for a mental substitute.
But I can’t escape you;
you are part of me just like the body that’s glued to
my feet.
I can’t escape you;
you are part of me just like the tongue that’s trapped
behind my teeth.
I can’t escape you;
you are part of me just like the mouth that allows me to
speak.
You’ll never escape it — it will follow you.