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Incomparable

from Bones by Evan Diem

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Nobody, especially those you love deeply, can ever be described in short, clean, uncomplicated comparisons, like those suitable for pop music.

People are too complex for that, but you wouldn't know it if you had only ever met the subjects of love songs.

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You're not really like the night sky.
You're not really like the tall grass.
You're not really like a first love.
And you're not really much like the last.

I don't wanna sound like a tool,
'cause you might not like what I've said.
But I never saw you as a screw
and it's hard to hit the nail right on the head.

But there are so many things to compare you to
but they don't have your qualities 'cause
it's not in the roses, it's not in the moon and
it's not in me.

'Cause you've got something,
yeah something.
It's something like incomparability.

I don't like you the way I like my coffee
'cause I don't like coffee but I like you.
And it's hard to put the way you feel into words
'cause a soundbite might not sound like it's true

and you can't be described simply, you're not really like a simile
you're a lot more like a malaphor.
You're kind of a cakewalk in the park.
Won't judge your book before it's accounted for

and there are so many things to compare you to
but not one of them has your qualities
'cause they're not there the whole time,
and it's hard to believe your multiplicity.

'Cause you've got something,
an indescribable something.
It's something like incomparability.

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from Bones, released November 9, 2018
Evan Diem (vocals, acoustic guitar, bass, lap steel guitar)
Ben Mueller (drums, mandolin)

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Evan Diem Syracuse, New York

Relatable songs on overly-specific subjects.

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