Wait So Long

from Paper Light by Julian Cartwright

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Had to wait too long
For my way back home
Became part of the wallpaper
In a place without love
Where the bored and surly
Go toe to toe
A place trapped in time
But time will never know

Where am I going
That I would find myself here?
Just sit and exhale,
Wait for an exit to appear

As soon as you leave the station
It’s clear
That there’s no way to the future
From here

What a familiar feeling
What a familiar place
Out of habit I think
I could live out my life
In its embrace
And lay my head down low
And lay my head down low

Breathalyzer, Polygraph,
Ultrasound, dowsing stone.
Advances don’t mean much,
Things turn to rust.

Wandering into a place like this
You can begin to see
Why the classes interests
Aren’t in synchrony
And don’t know who to trust
We don’t know who to trust

Had to wait so long
We turn to gin
We make our beds
And shake our heads
Say, “That’s what I detest”
Or “That’s just a product of the generation.”

Why we live in such heavy doubt
I can’t really say.
But it’s not cause we’ve grown
Up that way.
We just had to wait so long,
We missed the train,
We missed the train.

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from Paper Light, released September 1, 2023

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Julian Cartwright is a songwriter, instrumentalist, composer and arranger based in the Philadelphia area. Instagram @julian.cartwright.songs

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