Lyrics
The Canon AE-1 clicking cold against my thumb bone
That last August on the porch swing, listening to the drone
Of the Hartsfield jets that drowned out your quiet tone
You were trying to pull the focus right, I was already gone
A whole roll of film, thirty-six chances to lie
Thirty-six frames of a perfect, overexposed sky
We developed them in the closet off Moreland, breathing in the fumes
Chasing perfect ghosts to hang in our empty rooms.
[Chorus]
This the only print that tells the truth, just look at us
Double-exposed, half in focus, covered in dust
Yeah, the light got in and ruined everything we were
But it's the only damn picture where we're not a blur.
[Verse 2]
"You always saw the poetry, I just saw the rent,"
Saw the closing shift, every single dollar spent
On developer and paper, silver-halide fantasy
You were framing up a savior, you weren't framing me
I'm the shadow in the corner that you tried to crop out
The bad wiring in the darkroom, the subject filled with doubt
You kept saying hold the aperture, just give it one more try
I was already out of frame, waving goodbye.
[Bridge]
(Spoken word, female voice, distant, through phone static)
"Hey... you still have that box of negatives? The one from the lake? Just... don't throw them out. Not yet. Okay?"
[Chorus]
This the only print that tells the truth, just look at us
Double-exposed, half in focus, covered in dust
Yeah, the light got in and ruined everything we were
But it's the only damn picture where we're not a blur.
[Outro]
Still not a blur.
Yeah. The only one that's clear.
About Gideon Toll
Gideon Toll was raised in the shadow of the world's busiest airport in East Point, Atlanta. He works the 10pm-6am security shift in a downtown skyscraper, writing lyrics in the blue glow of security monitors. For six years, he was in love with a woman named Simone, until the pressure of night shifts and low wages broke them apart. These songs are the security logs of that collapse, built on the…
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