Name: Shrug (live at Bad Bonn, Düdingen, May 2016)
Duration: P00H10M44S
Description: From the album Thinking Like A Mountain

Shrug (live at Bad Bonn, Düdingen, May 2016)

from Our Ears Are In Excellent Condition by Merz

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From the album Thinking Like A Mountain

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You built a fire but you can’t get it lit
Providence it may be unkind
You got the gist but you can’t make it fit
Chasing ideas like flies
There’s many a slip between cup and lip
It’s a riddle of life

There is no absolute repose
Everything comes and goes
What is it you think you know?
Where is it the perfect ratio?

Time goes by with a shrug
And the sun goes down with a shrug

It’s not the worst you could do
To be kind and go on your way
You’ll find fault forever, find fault forever
It’s not the worst you could do
To be kind and warm
But each encounter goes through your filter
And every day you wonder
Where’s the adventure?

Time goes by with a shrug
And the sun goes down with a shrug

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from Our Ears Are In Excellent Condition, released March 12, 2017
Written by Conrad Lambert and Gyða Valtýsdóttir

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Merz is an English musician, singer and songwriter who, since 1999, has released six albums and a bunch of EP's via Epic Records, Gronland Records, Accidental Records & Dampfzentrale Bern. His music is an eclectic construct of electronics, psych-folk and experimental-pop. ... more

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