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While Turning

from Rituals by Nice Bison

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lyrics

hardwood floors that don’t hold heat
sting the surface of my feet
hold me down until the sky turns grey

all ignore my homely dress
i’ll work away my loneliness
bring the cameras in tight on my face

talk like we’ve got nothing left
act like we are all bereft
take away my undeserving pain

in the shade beneath the tree
i’ll pretend you still love me
strike through all those promises i made

i’ve got enough food
to last me through
the frost of february
my home is in my head
so i’ll be there instead
cause my head is my sanctuary

i pretend like this does not affect me
i pretend like i don’t even care
but still love’s phantom pains reject me

i know you know it’s there
i know you know it’s there
i know you know it’s there [6x]

back to work, no time for play
doomed to slave my life away
playing on my fears of falling down...

bleak, the landscape now we view
somber music played to queue
shrieks and sighs all echo through the town

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from Rituals, released May 21, 2013

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Nice Bison Chicago, Illinois

Nice Bison are a jazz-rock duo from Chicago but their true origins are rooted across a vast musical landscape. Reaching back to the classic rock flavor of Steely Dan, the ragtime sounds of Ben Folds 5, the rootsy feel of The Band and jangly pop of early R.E.M., Nice Bison's sound echoes love, truth, and never holding back. Rituals is a driving tour de force, and deftly avoids the scenic route. ... more

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