One at a Time

from Fading Graffiti by Spencer Krug

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don’t turn your thoughts into thorns
don’t turn the horses into unicorns
just let a person say they think that it’s okay
when the sun gets eclipsed by the moon
don’t turn their tongue into a tune
haunting a bluejacket’s head
just let them be a kind of song that just
kind of goes along until the needle hits the edge

the one that lets you die
is the one that brings you back to life
like the vinyl spinning silently
when the dancing’s done
when the dancing’s done
and nothing sacred has come
you should lie, you should die
by their side

and when a maniac thinks that you’re more than you are
and when you think that we’re all nihilistic at heart
and when you travel through time just to watch
a cyclone of words cycle back into your head
or when you travel through time for no reason at all
we travel through time
one at a time...
one at a time...

nobody wants to be a thorn
nobody wants to be a unicorn
we all just want to say we think that it’s okay
that the moon’s not in love with the sun
nobody wants to be the one
haunting the maniac’s head
we all just want to be the bomb
we just want to be the bomb
exploding everything we ever regret
having said

the one who lets you die
is the one who brings you back to life
you’re the vinyl spinning silently
when the dancing’s done
when the dancing’s done
and nothing sacred has come
you should lie, you should die
by their side

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from Fading Graffiti, released April 16, 2021

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Pronounced Kroog British Columbia

Spencer Krug is central to a handful of projects (Sunset Rubdown, Wolf Parade, Moonface, Swan Lake), and has been on a number of labels (Sub Pop, Jagjaguwar, Paper Bag, Royal Mountain, Global Symphonic, Absolutely Kosher.) Pronounced Kroog is the self-made label on which he now releases new music under his own name, as well as reissues from past projects. ... more

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