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Late Bloomer

from Cotillion Knives by The Qualia

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I know that I’m late.
I know you’ve been waiting here for days,
ever since I got convinced that I’d lost my way.
I’ve been a sad case,
cracking through mountainous mistakes,
from which all the rest with better sense knew to stay away.

I’m catching up,
so watch your back.

I haven’t been scared.
just suffered through years being unprepared,
ill-equipped to ditch the script or my nom de guerre.
I’ve been getting it sharp
since missing the gunfire at the start.
I’ve been delayed and now my blade’s ready for their hearts.

Yeah, I’m catching up,
so watch your back.
It takes a while so I’m almost ready.

It looked like my final reward
would be to star in a dull police report,
found in my car,
just another narcissist fallen short,
while my former peers
collect dinner guests and chandeliers,
and spread the word about friends they’ve heard
nothing from for years.

‘Cause I’m still trying to make the schoolgirls scream.
Still trying to chase some fading dreams.
I wanna punch through like a laser beam.
You gotta let ‘em know that you’re worth remembering,
Even if it takes you a quarter-century.

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from Cotillion Knives, released August 12, 2016

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The Qualia New York

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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