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from Life: Now by Ben Hughes

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he wakes up and falls asleep again
dreams dreamy dreams and then up again
to the heavens pouring down those saints
are bawling their eyes out.
oh, they miss their lost friends and families.

off the tiles in the shower he sings a song
that cries it's hard to try when you don't see what it's worth
but out the door he goes anyway
to embrace those heavenly tears
that still haven't got what they're crying for after all those times.

the day is running away, and my friend is only slowly walking after it.
when days lap us in the race of life, we can never catch up.

slowly, walking with his eyes closed he dreams
mid-day of where he'd like to be
it's almost as good, but not really
it's just better than right here.

there's a crowd in front, singing the song he wrote
back on the 12th of April, 2007
it feels good to be in this imaginary land.

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from Life: Now, released August 26, 2015

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"...channels musicians like Elliott Smith, Bright Eyes, and Sufjan Stevens, as on Hughes’ previous releases. But this record immediately calls to mind Pedro the Lion’s Control, with its deep-voiced chords and melodies, lyrical themes of corporate hell, and Hughes’ slurring voice. It could stand as a complimentary album to Control just as well as it stands on its own."

-Nick Tate, WXPN
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