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Remember when we climbed the rusty ladders
And scaled the cracked concrete supports
Reading off graffiti to each other, looking for the perfect words
Looking for the perfect words to feed that hungry Moleskine of yours?

We stood beneath the railroad tracks for an hour
On the bridge above the James.
I felt insignificant and fragile; You let your hair down.
You let your hair down, awestruck and unafraid

As the train passed just overhead
As the train passed just overhead
Oh Grace, oh Grace, Oh Grace
You always had a charming touch of recklessness.

You told me this was your favorite place to sit and think,
And you told me it was your favorite place to sit and do the opposite.
You showed me the rope swing you built with your friends,
The summer of heartbreak and hair dye, heartbreak and hair dye
The summer when you and so-and-so split.

You shed your gauzy T-shirt and that womanly mystique
To adjust a crease in your swimsuit top.
You wrapped the rope around your freckled ankle,
Puffed your cheeks up like a chimp,
Puffed your cheeks up like a chimp, took a running start and jumped off.

As the train passed just overhead
As the train passed just overhead
Oh Grace, oh Grace, Oh Grace
You always had a charming touch of recklessness.

Oh Grace, oh Grace, Oh Grace
I'm trying to forgive the world, I'm finally learning to give thanks.
Oh Grace, oh Grace, Oh Grace
Can you hear me if you press the clouds against your face?

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from Kirilov, released October 12, 2014

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Patient Barney Penrose Richmond, Virginia

"As a lyricist, Patient Barney Penrose shares a vividness with Matt Berninger of The National, expressing himself with melancholic, literate concision. These are lyrics that read well without a melody. An extension of an obvious literary talent, they embellish his dulcet arrangements."

Julian Belvedere, HY.GEN.IC London ... more

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