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Degrees

by Michael Sanderson

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‘Degrees’ is a melodic guitar-driven ballad with lyrics describing the compromises that lovers make in order to never waver in their commitment to each other.

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Can you love someone so much,
And still recoil at the thought of their touch?
Held it all in place for so long
‘Til you forgot where it all went wrong
For every time it felt so right
Were 10 she kept you scared for your life

Casual transparent lies
You nearly died from the splits in your sides
Slippers creeping on darkened stairs
How much do you really care?
You can only hold your head so high
‘Til you're dizzy from the stars in your eyes

Seems half the world found out
Before you had the slightest clue
And roaming streets in the pouring rain
For a sign that'll get you through

Be easy if her heart didn’t break like glass
She never needed it ‘til she broke down
When you're thawed and you’ve steadied your hands
I believe you’ll see, you can be, we can be, we can be alright

You can only dig yourself in so deep
‘Til you forget promises which were real
Can only smile politely in-kind
Raise an eyebrow, it slipped from your mind
For every time it felt so right
Were 10 he kept you scared for your life

Now head to toe, never felt so cold
In sobering morning light
Magazine cover dreams, borrowed and blue
You’ve lost the will for the fight

Be easy if his heart didn’t break like glass
He never needed it ‘til he broke down
Now you're thawed and you’ve steadied your hands
I believe you’ll see, you can be, we can be, we can be alright

Smile politely in-kind
Raise an eyebrow it slipped from your mind
These fears you don't have to keep
So, put them all now safely to sleep
Fill in what's hidden between the lines
Or raise a glass to our steady decline

Seems half the world found out
Before you had the slightest clue
And roaming streets in the pouring rain
For a sign that'll get you through

Be easy our hearts didn’t break like glass
If our hearts didn’t break like glass
If our hearts didn’t break like glass
I believe you’ll see, you can be, we can be, we can be alright

credits

released October 9, 2020
Lyrics and music by Michael Sanderson.
Copyright of Michael Sanderson.

Michael Sanderson: acoustic, electric and bass guitars and vocals.
Luca Gehring: drums

Recorded by Robin Wiemann at Sound Trip Studio, Darmstadt, Germany.

Mixing, post-production and mastering by Robin Wiemann, Sound Trip Studio.

Album artwork by Johanna Amberg.

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