Midnight, Dragon Garden

by Model Home

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March 2008 in a High St café
Adjusting to freedom and having spare change
New out of high school, fresh and pristine
Clueless and clever and just turned eighteen

You work part-time cleaning hospital floors
You buy me luxuries I can't afford
Like a big plate of nachos and a tall glass of juice
I'd skip all my classes to keep you amused

7 Halswell line
We'll sit in the back seat and listen to War All The Time

And suddenly I don't feel so low anymore
When we split your mattress and sleep on the floor
Getting used to the kitchen at 678
Yeah I'm eating again, yeah I'm putting on weight

And we both chip in for a second hand guitar
Singing City and Colour in the back of the car
Paul Brown and your dad and a boy we adore
And suddenly I don't feel so low any more

Past the Sparks Road sign
Grass and gravel roadside
Single power lines spanning patches of black
To the solitary street corner lights

I got too close to a delicate flame
The room would go cold when you'd mention my name
But some things last longer and some things are stronger
And I've got your blood running deep in my veins

Too much cheap red wine, I do it all the time
But you've got me here, yeah you've got me here

When my signal went dead, when my power gave out
When I couldn't keep track of what I was about
When it all got too much, when it got a bit more
You opened your life to me, you opened the door

And one decade later you fell apart too
And I got the chance to stand right behind you
I will love you forever, know that I'll hold the line
Put your own fears to bed, I know yeah you'll be fine

I will hold the line

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released July 21, 2023
Recorded and Mixed by Steven Marr at Roundhead Studios
Mastered by Chris Chetland at Kog Studio
Artwork by Maisie Norcross

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