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Vanishing Act

from I Wanna Live by Paint Branch

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lyrics

Picture every gift that you gave
Burning in some dumpster on 14th street New Year’s Day
Nothing salvaged, nothing was saved
Jealous that I can’t jump in and vanish in the flames

Smoke and ashes it was obviously
The superimposed center of some universe
Where nothing’s changed and nothing’s the same
Running in the dark so I can vanish in the shame

Who could ever find their way back
From that kind of vanishing act

Picture everything that you lost
Tried to buy it back in full but you can’t pay the cost
Changed your lines but now it’s too late
Lighting up the sky that night it vanished in the blaze

Now you’re living way too obviously
Camouflaged in friends, you’re hardly hiding out
But still not giving yourself away
Wish that I could too, but I still miss you

I’m taking the time that will leave you behind.

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from I Wanna Live, released January 8, 2013
Chris Richards: lyrics, lead vocal, guitars.
John Davis: backing vocals, guitars, bass, drums.

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Paint Branch Washington, D.C.

Paint Branch is John Davis and Chris Richards. Based in Washington, D.C., the duo began work on this project in December 2010, five years after the end of their previous band together, Q And Not U. Following more than a year of working on new songs, Paint Branch recorded their first album, "I Wanna Live," in spring 2012 with Nick Anderson & Chad Clark. A self-titled EP was released in June 2015. ... more

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