Name: Cold Start
Duration: P00H03M12S
Description: This is a song about exploring, out in the wider world, and the way it feels when you return to daily life.

Cold Start

by Shirty

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This is a song about exploring, out in the wider world, and the way it feels when you return to daily life.

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From a cold start
how slowly the engine warms
constant effort is required
to cruise not stutter

But I came from the mountains
warm from the rush
the snow adrift
four thousand feet up

My family from the suburbs
just saw waffle irons on my feet
my hair frozen each strand to the tip
looked like cables for their TV

But I'd climbed rope carried in a backpack
fractured the earth with a pick
the earth shattered under lover's feet
then under my waypoint tack

Now I know that I gotta go
I'll hit the road it's time to leave home
leave my things be myself on my own
I'll hit the road it's time to leave home

I headed for the summit
it was difficult as I climbed
then I found the beauty in life
embracing the changing design

Now they welcome me into their mansion
Lower Heights ground my folklore
and as I enter their fortress
all I notice is the lock on the door

Now I know that I gotta go
I'll hit the road it's time to leave home
leave my things be myself on my own
I'll hit the road it's time to leave home

Hey you

Why don't you go outside
coz making money ain't the only way to thrive
when you're living in life like you've died
rain and snow mustn't stop your life

Now you know that you gotta go
Get on the road it's time to leave home
leave your things be yourself on your own
Get on the road it's time to leave home

Hey you

From a cold start
how slowly the engine warms...

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released March 18, 2024

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Shirty Fort Collins, Colorado

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