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Seven Days focuses on the holiness of time spent with my grandfather. It acknowledges the importance and impermanence of seemingly mundane moments.

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Seven Days:

I don’t know if I can tell him
maybe it’s the antebellum
Furniture by the door.

It’s too late a wicked snake
Has made me make my first mistake
I’ll be lowered by drapes to the floor.

A perfect world
A perfect paradise
Made in seven days
It melts away like ice.

But You might not know my wrongs
You never hit that gong
You always said that I belonged to you

So as the bell of judgement rings
Ill tie fast with little strings
The angel wings you sat and set so true

A perfect world
A perfect paradise
Made in seven days
It melts away like ice.

I’m running out of time
I’m running out of time
I wasted all my time
I wasted, wasted all of mine

I’m running out of time
I’m running out of time
I wasted all my time
I wasted, wasted all of mine

Don’t forget you didn’t waste
Every touch and every taste
You’re not too late it doesn’t end today

As we get into the car
we wave goodbye it feels bazar
The peaks of joy are never meant to stay

A perfect world
the perfect paradise
Made in seven days
It melts away like ice.

You never had to know
I always knew you’d understand

I don’t know, no I know
But I catch myself in love and grief

I don’t know, no I know
But I hold your hand your memory

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from It Was a Privilege to Know You When You Were Shorter, released October 23, 2020
Music and lyrics: Jonathan Townley
Sound engineer: Neil Harvey

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Jonathan Townley Kalamazoo, Michigan

Jonathan is a journalist and songwriter.He blends storytelling and gentle acoustic guitar with a casual performance style. Check out his Instagram @jonathan.townley for more music updates.

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