the Boy in the Back of the Photograph

by Switchblade Squirrel

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words and music by Patrick Quin Kermott and Ezekiel Kermott

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I'm the boy in the back of the photograph
looking at the pretty people that I've always wanted to be

I'm the guy that always hides behind the camera
and it never really matters cause nobody wants a picture of me

You might remember all the times that I never
did the thing in the place with the people that I never see

But I'm the bomb in the back of your photograph
noticing the way you laugh and hoping that you notice me

I never thought I could ever really want
anything in the world beside transparency
The unseen is suffocating me
when the only thing I want is for you to see through me

I think you know that my seals are broken
the light always shows too much when it's showing me

I never chose to be overexposed
and I hope this washed out mess isn't all you see

I never thought I could ever really want
anything in the world beside transparency
The unseen is suffocating me
when the only thing I want is for you to see through me

I hate the way you say you'll never find someone to make you smile
I'm thinking maybe you should stay and let me try it for a while

I never thought I could ever really want
anything in the world beside transparency
The unseen is suffocating me
when the only thing I want is for you to see through me

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released April 7, 2020
Patrick Quin Kermott - vocals, electric guitars
Ezekiel Kermott - drums, bass, acoustic guitar, ukulele

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Switchblade Squirrel Show Low, Arizona

Switchblade Squirrel is:

Patrick Quin Kermott
Ezekiel Kermott

Sometimes one of them sings and/or plays the things, and sometimes the other one does those things instead. In general, things tend to get sung and/or played by one guy and/or the other guy.

It's really quite a complex dynamic.
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