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The sweetest possible decline

Written between September 9 and December 29, 2002.

first demo, September 9, 2002 - very interesting! Features a harmonium playing the synth line and a guitar line that didn't end up in the final version, plus bass guitar.
second demo, November 2002 - a second guitar plays the synth line on this version. The drumline is now written. No chorus.
first complete recording - appears on release 6, December 29, 2002.
second complete recording - appears on Mr. Hyde "second base" comp, May 2003. This is notable as the only studio recording that features our entire first lineup.

lyrics

we melt like ice and break like glass (we won't melt)
never knowing what was right for us before it passed
and you're so gentle in your sway (I don't move)
in your place there's hardly half as much that I could say

and when we fall down from this place
it will be the sweetest possible decline
I can't imagine why we would
but I can't keep from thinking that I know we should
I know we might

we work too hard and go too fast (I just might)
would you take the chance to do the things you want to do?
and angels wrote the songs we sing (ears they ring)
in their ears tonight the strangest sound, the loudest ring

and when we fall down from this place
it will be the sweetest possible decline
I can't imagine why we would
but I can't keep from thinking that I know we should
I know we might