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Awkward Social Graces

from Light From A Dying Star EP by The Enigmatic Foe

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    Last remaining physical copies out of storage. Still sealed mint CD with occasional scuffing on cellophane. Case may have minor cracking. Contains the songs Awkward Social Graces, People I Try To Forget, Light From A Dying Star, Hoarse Child, Shame Shame Shame, Favourite Hallucination (Lagomorph Mix), Shame Shame Shame (Joy Electric Mix), Light From A Dying Star (Anaphylaxis Mix), and Hoarse Child (Home Demo).

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Written after my first visit to the west coast, touring and promoting Favourite Hallucination. I had been introduced to more of the world than I had bargained for and came back with regrets. The lyric began as a response to my experiences then it progressed to my social attitude and behaviour. I wanted to explain my actions and why I don't get close to people.

lyrics

There’s a lingering remnant of events passed
The regret I feel is genuine
From who we are and how we act
A first & lasting impression

My awkward social graces
are preventing me from getting close to you
and I’m so afraid so I say nothing

There’s a part of me that I cannot face
and it keeps me distant from others
But the safety net and the masks I wear
are becoming more of a burden

My awkward social graces are separating me
Everyone else is fine
Still I’m standing here contemplating my place in life

My awkward social graces
I never get it right

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from Light From A Dying Star EP, track released August 4, 2007
Jared Colinger - vox, guitar, keys
Jason Martin - drums, percussion, keys
Steve Dail - bass

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The Enigmatic Foe Knoxville, Tennessee

With sharp lyrics, the playful pop bite of the best of the 70s and 80s, and the kind of self-deprecation usually reserved for a Woody Allen movie, Jared Colinger's lyrics run the gamut from the joy of new love to disillusionment with the old, from wanting to like yourself to being afraid of what we have in our minds.

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