I Shall Be Lifted Higher Than Any Of You On The Backs Of The Seasons

from SENTIMENTAL EDUCATION by Advrb

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lyrics

this decade i will live with my past as the primer
for the canvas i will cover
with brighter, better colors
and a new sense of composition
i have come a long way since my pre-college days
and as the faces of friends change
i willl do my best to stay the same
“i shall be lifted higher than any of you on the backs of the seasons”
my teenage years will become
box-in-attic memories
and each year to come
will be added to the sum
of collected recollections
i can connect the solstice and the equinox with
a new album and a new adventure
when my lady leaves me and finds herself a girl
i’ll just have to unfurl my tensions,
smile and try to envision
a justified epilogue
when i’m unable to laugh
i’ll recite Virginia
and my sadness will be cut in half
“i shall be lifted higher than than any of you on the backs of the seasons”
a snowball will fly
and hit a flowering tree
and make it sprout leaves
which eventually will fall
but i will stay standing, standing, standing, standing tall

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from SENTIMENTAL EDUCATION, released December 7, 2006
The title and quoted line that serves as a sort of chorus is from a Virginia Woolf novel. In the way that college freshman often think that everyone else is on the cusp of great intellectual prowess, I was quite fond of quoting grandiose lines like this out of context. So, now: some context!

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Advrb Portland, Oregon

Andrew Barton plays, sings, and records as Advrb.

Kellen Hopfner sings with him.

Josh Bay plays cello and electric piano.

Elisabeth Ryan plays drums.

Joshua James Amberson plays bass.

The band sounds both quiet and loud. ... more

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