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Counterweights

by James Hunter USA

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1.
Shameless 03:05
he doesn’t give a damn colt 45 in his hand driving his green pickup with matching truck nuts oh yeah what is it like to be so self-assured and free what is the good in shame nothing I wanna be shameless like the man on the tv screen but there’s all this worry it’s in my head (gotta get away gotta get away) I don’t wanna talk about it (gotta get away) grease stain on my shirt (oh no) I can’t wear this to work I scrubbed it til my knuckles hurt then I burned it (then I burned it) yeah I burnt that greasy shirt oh apologies are lies so why should I apologize we all make mistakes mine are just dumber and more expensive but there’s all this worry it’s in my head (gotta get away gotta get away) and I don’t don’t want to talk about it (gotta get away) most apologies are lies why should I apologize anymore most apologies are lies why should I apologize anymore woo but there’s all this worry it’s in my head (gotta get away gotta get away) and I don’t want to talk about it (gotta get away gotta get away) I just have to I just have to live with it (gotta get away) no fair and I let it let it eat me up inside (gotta get away) tell me why’s it gotta be like that
2.
Smash Thru 03:12
disrespectful if I had to describe it in one word that’s what it would be he grabbed my shoulder yanked me off the couch and out the door as if I was a kid as if I was a kid and I cried into my Costco hot dog and I cried all the way to Fayetteville down highway 54 should have quit then but I had no other opportunities at the time so I drove to Jonesboro again and it was only to receive the news they were sending me home they were sending me home and I cried at the QT gas pump I felt so angry inside I ripped myself a part and in a neon colored haze I’m a bigger man today no more being pushed down no more getting kicked around if you want my time you gotta treat me like a man no more being afraid no more bullies in my way I’m a stronger man and it’s a brand new day and I hate myself a little less than yesterday I still feel angry sometimes like a Centralia Pennsylvania fire in the back of my mind I can’t put it out it will burn and burn all I can do is leave it behind is just leave it behind guess it found me the ghost of mistakes past but all around me I see the greener grass cause I’m on the other side I’m a bigger man today no more being pushed down no more getting kicked around if you want my time you gotta treat me like a man no more being afraid no more bullies in my way I’m a stronger man and it’s a brand new day and I hate myself a little less than yesterday
3.
Never Far 02:18
got a room in the city skyscrapers lookin pretty cranes above me they’re threatening to drop their counterweights on me you’re never far from my mind you’re never far from my mind broken heart broken ankle I stay at home watching twitch streams suburban loneliness followed me to the city to the city outside of my window I hear people and they’re having lots of fun far from my room I’m never far from my room I’ve got to get out of my room I’ve got to get out of my room
4.
Considering 03:09
your mom and dad did the best they could to keep you free from sin awkwardness at the dinner table the day you told the truth they said they loved you they sent you to camp considering what they did to you believing in what they did to you don’t have to see them again your preacher tried he tried electric shocks to save you from hell you prayed and prayed you begged the lord for change and the lord answered your prayers but this time the answer is no considering what they did to you believing in what they did to you you don’t have to see them again no no they say what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger well let me tell you you’re the strongest kid I know you don’t have to take their abuse any longer you can raise two fingers to the past and tell the greyhound driver to step on the gas considering what they did to you believing in what they did to you you can start your own religion cause this is America oh yeah (considering what they did to you) considering what they did to you (considering what they did to you) they believed in what they did to you (considering what they did to you) you don’t have to see them again you don’t have to see them again

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released February 16, 2018

James Hunter USA is:
Matt Hendler- drums, percussion, woo
James Hunter- lead vocals, keyboards
Gokul Parasuram- guitars, bg vocals
Jack Thomson- bass guitar

All songs written and composed by James Hunter USA
Produced by Greg Hendler
Recorded January 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Cover photo by James Hunter, cover layout by Matt Hendler

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