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The Book of Failures

from but so beautiful by Jonathan J. Bower

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Book of Failures

I got soft
I got soft
And then every signal crossed
But still was not lost
Only very tossed

So jilted
But we stayed open
God baby how’d we get so broken
And how’s Love take in an ocean
Without choking?

An epic book of failures
Where the heroes become villains
(Last: Where the children slay the villains)
Tragic, but so beautifully
Avoiding signs and portents

Played hero, went zero
And clutched you as I went down
Set that village on fire
As I raced from town

Now I spend my nights
Under starlight
But baby at what vain price
Love dead on the vine –
Your child’s father’s crime

Chorus

You called this an escape
But I said it’s just a landscape
A well enough wide space
To contain a heartbreak

I got soft
I got soft
And then every signal crossed
But still was not lost
Only very tossed

Chorus
Chorus
...where the children slay the villains...

...tragic but so beautiful...

© 2011, rafflemyheart music

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from but so beautiful, released September 30, 2012

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Jonathan J. Bower Anchorage, Alaska

On the release of his 2012 EP, But So Beautiful, The Anchorage Press wrote, “[This is] masterful storytelling. These songs weave beautiful, forlorn tales in a matter of minutes, but with a defiant note of hope.” The songs on 2018's Light Years album play like postcards & snapshots written during an endless road trip around Alaska - or along every other dreamy, scenic stretch of highway anywhere... ... more

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