released June 20, 2025

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LYRICS:

I stop to admire my reflection
From a diamond in the rough
I'll be in the shadows soon enough
To conspire without consequence
While you're out crossing continents

Am I reaching out or breaking through?
You know me, I can't complain
Spent the minutes mostly black and blue
But the day was free of pain

The future is your tale to tell
So please be sure to tell it well
Just the way I showed you

And the archer with her arrow drawn
Probably wants the same as me
A target she can set her sights upon
But she wants it differently

And if the winds are wrong
For all assuredness
The optimist says stick around
We won't be gone for long
So leave your fingerprints
And all your sorrows written down

Because I can feel you changing
A silent rearranging

But if you're out there crossing continents
Still occasionally moved by the places
Where we sought a little sustenance
For a hunger seldom soothed

Even if the time is wrong
For all assuredness
Your tomorrow's written down
We won't be here for long
So leave your fingerprints
The optimist says stick around
So I can feel you changing

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CREDITS

DRUMS - Bryan Garbe
BASS, VOCALS - Matt Heymann
VOCALS - Nicki Kaiser & Isobel Knight
GUITAR, KEYBOARDS, VOCALS - Steven Kaiser

PRODUCED by Steven Kaiser
MIXED by John Davis at The Bunker Studio
ENGINEERED by Bob Mallory and Steven Kaiser
ASSISTANT ENGINEERED by Garret De Block
MASTERED by Alex DeTurk at The Bunker Studio
COVER ART by Katie Calfee

RECORDED at Strange Weather and Sandbox Studios (Brooklyn)

LYRICS & MUSIC by Steven Kaiser (BMI)

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