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Leap Year

by Jacob Earl

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Leap Year 03:16
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An extra day Won't settle your remains Or bring back The past treasures you claim Looking forward It seems about the same A bad timing thing A mad rhyming game You always look before you leap Can't ever stomach the uncertainty You always look back and weep At each passing year Were you already Veering off the path When the brush got thick When you were rushing from the past When the way went dark And you let go of the wrath Fell down a rabbit hole Of poorly explained math You always look before you leap Can't ever stomach the uncertainty You always look back and weep At each passing year A trendy fashion Won't change the way you feel Choppy waves in the ocean Always off keel It's not just for show That beam of steel When it melts you always know Shit gets real
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Groundhog Day 03:30
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Tomorrow never comes The sun never shines A dark angel hovering over me Expectations I cannot meet Sit in the corner Over by the balcony The time to act on lies Has finally arrived It's Groundhog day at last This winter's going to last Confessions of fear Of yr own damn shadow Mirrors yr every move Only somehow even darker A universe of questions Repeating so much death I can learn a thousand songs And teach you how to dance It's Groundhog day at last This winter's going to last Tomorrow is a joke A disappearing act A comedy routine A magician's top hat Stand on the stage At the podium An orator's dream Then the radio wakes you up It's Groundhog day at last This winter's going to last
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February 03:35
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Bless your heart You found the right place Bless your heart Now give me some space When the wet wears me down White turning to brown The eaves troughs wear a crown Of ice; I'm always feeling down A chill that doesn't end That cold, dank trend The cheery mood I can't pretend I'm a shitty winter friend Fuh fuh fuh fuh fuh fuh fuh fuh February Fuh fuh fuh fuh fuh fuh fuh fuh February Staying in, locking doors Frost on the pane of the living room window Catch up on reading Northern lore Costs you nothing to bring gloomy sleet and snow A chill that collects The frostbite resurrects We wrap our scarves around our necks And honour and respect Fuh fuh fuh fuh fuh fuh fuh fuh February Fuh fuh fuh fuh fuh fuh fuh fuh February When the wet makes me melt Trained but not dealt Doesn't matter what I felt If it didn't leave a welt Fuh fuh fuh fuh fuh fuh fuh fuh February Fuh fuh fuh fuh fuh fuh fuh fuh February Staying in, locking doors Frost on the pane of the living room window Catch up on reading Northern lore Costs you nothing to bring gloomy sleet and snow
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Aquarius 04:00
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You're a mess Aquarius Bearing all the weight Taking all the stress You're a mess Aquarius Bearing all the weight Taking all the stress You didn't hunt A twelve month stunt Caring for the State Putting on a front What's the cypher What's your sign Tell me yours I'll tell you mine You live in the sky The brightest knives Drawn and sharpened for The perfect crime Caught a glimpse into The frigid life of you Things you put me through Things you shouldn't do You're a mess Aquarius Bearing all the weight Taking all the stress You're a mess Aquarius Bearing all the weight Taking all the stress Celebrate a loss Treat a love like a boss Not for the ice or frost There's no greater cost Making good impressions Quick to add a blessing You went on a mission And learned no lesson You're a mess Aquarius Bearing all the weight Taking all the stress You're a mess Aquarius Bearing all the weight Taking all the stress
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Pisces 02:37
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Fish out of water You A-type personality It's getting hotter And you won on a technicality Chicken Little The end is always nigh Pisces in the middle Of fire and sky Yo fuck you guysez Get up on the risers Yo fuck you guysez Get up on the risers Yo fuck you guysez Get up on the risers Everybody hates a fish in disguises Swimming through the current On the nights that I'm gone Well you wouldn't worry If you ever got it wrong No second guessing Nevertheless a pause You're always messing Just because, just because Yo fuck you guysez Get up on the risers Yo fuck you guysez Get up on the risers Yo fuck you guysez Get up on the risers Everybody hates a fish in disguises Fish out of water That's what you were taught That's what you taught her Fish out of water That's what you were taught That's what you taught her Fish out of water That's what you were taught That's what you taught her Fish out of water
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Valentine's Social Club 04:00
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Romance is dead Sit alone in yr head Clouds of gloom mixing With Cupid's cute fixing Read a lurid tale About a flirt that failed You need a rescue From the neverending mess you Made Met yr perfect match and then The neverending love came to end Now you know the real truth Perfection is the lover's ruse Valentine's Social Club Made a pact to find love In a loveless time By the time you were 29 Malcontents anonymous The lovepocalypse is upon us Oh Like pulling teeth to care Kiss in the closet on a dare Met yr perfect match and then The neverending love came to end Now you know the real truth Perfection is the lover's ruse Romance is dead Quite a show, you said For all the work you profit You still earned nothing of it
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Amethyst 03:27
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Stone heart in the ground Rough and uncut Pulsing all around Questions in my gut Hidden lies, hidden gems Not quite ready to shine Just taking all the chems And towing the line Fuck Amethyst Why fight it, why resist Amethyst Why fight what you always missed Polished exterior like a mask Surface colour resonates You already know if you have to ask Why all the hate? Put your brave face on To see what became You already know the con You wrote the rules of the game Amethyst Why fight it, why resist Amethyst Why fight what you always missed Stone heart in the ground Rough and uncut Pulsing all around Questions in my gut
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Winterlude 04:12
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It's always too cold Or maybe too wet Too slushy to mould The ice into art Festivities abound But you'd not be blamed For skipping this round Every year is the same Forty below min wage Crystallized dreams Winterlude Bal de Neige Never as good as it seems Fried dough in a shack Overpriced fare For the warmth that you lack When I'm not really there Skates on thin ice Blades of regret Absolution from vice But not quite yet Not quite yet Winter wouldn't be the same Without you Winter wouldn't be the same Without you Wonderland of snow and rain What could you do? Forty below min wage Crystallized dreams Winterlude Bal de Neige Never as good as it seems Winter wouldn't be the same Without you Winter wouldn't be the same Without you Wonderland of snow and rain What could you do? Winter wouldn't be the same Without you Winter wouldn't be the same Without you Wonderland of snow and rain What could you do?
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An Extra Day 03:24
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An extra day won't solve All my worldly sins Or strengthen my resolve To put the effort in I woke up this morning I had an extra day I took a mini vacation But didn't go away I took time making decisions I pretended I wasn't sure Pondering all the extra seconds We would all endure An extra day won't solve All my worldly sins Or strengthen my resolve To put the effort in Clumsy cold calculations With a hint of by my side Crazy cool celebrations The hunt is world wide Poor, poor pitiful me Time is not on my side The expiration date is arbitrary The disease is world wide An extra day won't solve All my worldly sins Or strengthen my resolve To put the effort in I got up this morning It took all my will The constant vigil To get to that quiet still I take time planning days For when I can't no more It's the smartest way To not think about the sore An extra day won't solve All my worldly sins Or strengthen my resolve To put the effort in An extra day I had an extra day It withered away
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Wood Dragon 02:33
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The glue that held this cheap, flimsy beast together Soon will be dissolved And we will start to feel better Another year in the cycle Sixty years Twelve more to go The rich tapestry of a life you never knew A colourful taste Of everything that wasn't you Another day in bag Sexy flirt Sixty more to go A karmic revolution in technological chance A green and honest calm But you hated to dance The rich tapestry of a life you never knew A colourful taste Of everything that wasn't you Another four thousand Seven hundred and 21 years Infinity more to go Wood Dragon Green Wood Dragon Green Wood Dragon The rich tapestry of a life you never knew A colourful taste Of everything that wasn't you Green Dragon The rich tapestry of a life you never knew A colourful taste Of everything that wasn't you Green Dragon

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Leap Year is a collection of stories about dates, anniversaries, astrology, holidays, winter, and relationships.

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released March 1, 2024

Produced, written, recorded, and performed by Jacob Earl.

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