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Leaving Home in Three Phases

by Jim Swim

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It’s never been harder to be at peace with deep differences in values between ourselves and those closest to us. This song was my attempt at expressing how felt difference can become an unbridgeable divide, and it follows a kid in a small town moving toward a breaking point in three phases.

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"Leaving Home in Three Phases"

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I’m tired man I’m tired of how my people are
If they don’t see themselves in you then you can’t reach their hearts
I see um keep with their examples
They see their feeds and favorite channels
Tryna keep what I’d dismantle but I play my part
I keep it sweet like this beat is
I’m not a sheep but I’m sheepish
Don’t wanna be an elitist
I think they think I need Jesus
I’m seein priests get subpoena’d
I think we need some new leaders
I just can’t eat what they feed us
I’m out to eat alone

Solo man
Phone in hand
Standin on a roof
Photos of the town below
Look like I
I gotta move
Solo man
No companions
Feel more free at night
Ridin Empty streets
Makin S’s
On my bike
Passin F150’s camo panels on the cab with
A Bunch of bumper stickers mad and yellin on the back
That’s the type of energy I’m desperate to avoid man
I add an extra sticker says “A Very Special Boy”
All this swaggering ignorance wrapped in flags and its privileges I get sad I get of sick it pack my bags and I’ll dip
I’ll go back and I’ll visit it leveled up and unlimited let um know my opinion
With no fear of the rift

It’s time for action
It’s all at the limit
See the face of your faction
talk freedom act fascist
Guard the gates of your status
When does passion meet praxis
Need a new apparatus
Too much gas with these matches flash so fast and leave ashes
The clash is happening
Faster than we’re imagining
Cultish con artist cash ins
Workin like factories
Who makes you maddest
I see you’ve had it
Your chapped red as your cap is your captain’s cappin emphatic
I hate to see it and know it’s you
Know that you see it but cant say what you you is true
Tell me when you see me do you hate what I’ve grown into
I’m tryna hold to love but I can’t get back before I knew
I’m gone

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released November 10, 2020

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Jim Swim Iowa City, Iowa

Artist/producer Jim Swim crafts wavy and warm music that snaps and has substance. Swim's songs unwind like good conversation, moving from the everyday to the abstract, the personal to the universal, with honest ease. His infectious beats, unique flow, and lyrical insight reward repeated listens and have won him a loyal following that continues to grow. ... more

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