Splitting Hairs (Demo) 2007

from Ashes to Ashes : B-Sides, Singles and Rarities by Koala Fires

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This was a demo I recorded right before the band's first official line-up was set. We tried and tried to work up the song for a live show, but it never seemed to work.

It's a song about how long it takes me to decide what I'm going to say, and how that probably seems like I'm not paying attention in any given conversation. In reality, I can just never make up my mind as to whether I'm right or not.

It even had a video, but I can't find it anywhere now. :(

- Matt M.

lyrics

I'm on the wrong side of the argument I made, I'm selling out like nobody knows. I can't decide if I agree with what I said or do I know that I don't really know?

And I'm standing on the tipping scales.
And I'm splitting all my unkempt hairs.

I'm on the inside of the outside of my brain. I'm looking out into the outside. I'm on the outside of the house in which I live on the inside of the North side.

And I'm standing on the tipping scales.
And I'm splitting all my unkempt hairs.

In any given second there's a battle in the mind.
One side is the victor; the other left behind.
But, it's the moments that I stagger and wage my long debate,
It's a long time for an outsider to wait.

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from Ashes to Ashes : B-Sides, Singles and Rarities, released June 1, 2013
2007 - Written, Performed, Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Matt Mooney (What an overachiever)

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