Promise Ring Blues

from 53 Mondays by The Urbane Decay

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July 2nd, 2007

I’ve start ed to get ready for the move by tackling my closets. I should have got ten rid of this stuff years ago. I found a box of promise rings and letters from old relationships. Nothing’s ever worked out. But it ’s my parents’ 40th anniversary today. So I guess some things do.

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I’ve been cleaning out my closets
of the junk from my past
Of the flotsam and jetsom
of loves that didn’t last

All those forgotten hearts
I was keeping in the dark

I’ve been tearing up my journals
from when my heart got broken
I don’t need no souvenirs
of words that should never
have been spoken

And there’s cockles of my heart
I’d rather keep hidden in the dark

I found a box of promise rings
and thought about your wedding band
We’ve both promised things
We’ve worn them on our hands

And some 40 years ago today
my parents joined their hearts
Traded golden rings
and started rutting in the dark

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from 53 Mondays, released February 5, 2008

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The Urbane Decay Toronto, Ontario

The Urbane Decay was an indie pop recording project mainly active between 2002-2010, mainly by Jakob Rehlinger, mainly maudlin and mopey.

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