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Your Dark Side

from Beauty Must Suffer by Joshua Starmer

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He could carry a tune
So he thought that he would try to be a rockstar
He worked to late at night
He played his music even later at the back bar
But that wasn’t enough
He did his best but he still didn’t get far

Show me what you can do
Show me something that’s new
Don’t be afraid of your dark side baby
Let’s just see where it goes
Through the highs and the lows
Don’t be afraid of your dark side

He moved from town to town
He always wanted change to come from the outside
He never really unpacked
He said he worried about the waves during high tide
There’s no settling down
When you chase a dream that sure knows how to hide

Show me what you’ve got
I might like it, might not
Don’t be afraid of your dark side baby
Let’s just see where it goes
Through the highs and the lows
Don’t be afraid of your dark side

I know this man
He’s looking back at me
He sees what I can’t see
He sees what I can’t see

He said he’s still holding on
But every year he feels his fingers slip a little more
The bills keep ringing the bell
While his money sneaks away through the back door
It’s not like when he was young
He spent his pennies on the music in the record store

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from Beauty Must Suffer, released March 7, 2018

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Joshua Starmer Chapel Hill, North Carolina

A native of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Joshua Starmer is a cellist, composer, and singer whose eclectic sound recalls the string-led pop of Andrew Bird and the quirky compositions of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, both of whom he cites as influences. A cellist since the age of seven, Starmer eventually wove himself into the fabric of North Carolina's vibrant music scene. ~ Timothy Monger ... more

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