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Captain of Industry

from "Secret Weapon" by The Qualia

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You show up late when it happens, looking for a ledge and eyes to watch you.
One last poem from the napkin, for your teary guests below,
but I’m not crying.

You’re still a fifteen-year-old industry captain.
You still cash the same old checks, and I’m not bought.

A few cheap months follow, then it’s new stories and the clothes to prove them.
It’s all too much to swallow, but I let you explain as you close your eyes.

To me you’re still a fifteen-year-old industry captain.
You still cash the same old checks, and I’m not bought.

On the phone you’re angry.
You say I’ve wandered away from where we dropped it.
You claim the years have changed me;
I’m the company I keep, and you “don’t know why.”

Because you’re still a fifteen-year-old industry captain.
You still cash the same old checks, and I’m not bought.

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from "Secret Weapon", released April 27, 2010

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The music of New York-based The Qualia speaks to the heart as much as to the head. Reflecting the passionate and analytical personalities of Lars Casteen, Rossen Nedelchev, Matt Raymond, and Will McCutcheon, the group’s music combines a wry humor and dancefloor sensibility with lyrical depth and jangle to create their own brand of modern new wave music. ... more

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