Part I: Acceptance & Angst

from Through Acts of God and Idiocy by Jack Holmes

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I’ve got no problem being bored, juvenile and insecure
because I’m only dragging myself down
but I’d break every bone I have bending backwards just to prove to you
that I’m capable of more

So let these shallow little words blur out the deeper truth
just so long as you’re aware that I’m not biting this bullet, I’m being pushed in front of it
so let’s not kid about what this is

We’re the beating heart of rotting flesh
Were Lungs without a breath
Were the echoes of a song that tired but couldn’t change the world
Were the echoes of a song that tried but couldn’t save the world
And I know your shit scared so please just take my hand and let my heart beat for the both of us

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from Through Acts of God and Idiocy, released May 4, 2013

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Jack Holmes Wien, Austria

Some song writers serenade you with beautifully preformed 3 minute mixtures of well-crafted lyrics, skilled playing and angelic singing. Jack Holmes is not one of these song writers. The exiled Englishman, now seeking refuge in the streets of Vienna, is to Acoustic Music what losing your virginity is in comparison to your repertoire of sexual encounters; fast, loud and just a little awkward. ... more

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