system sound

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feels like it was just yesterday
we held hands laying in that old tree’s shade
like the proof of our bodies would still be there
forest park grass pressed down from the weight we shared
distant disco ball lights dancing through the leaves
laughing so hard we could barely breathe
“all my friends” playing in the background
trading stories of the times we’d been lost and found

felt like we were laying on top of a disco ball
the world spun around us as we started to fall
nothing in between our untouched palms
i miss the days we spent silent while our bodies talked
pulses screaming out
to the system sound

saw you again just yesterday
no words needed to see how much we had changed
wondering how we let the tides pull us separate ways
ain’t it funny how nostalgia comes and goes in waves?
we snuck up to the roof to watch the fireworks
went back to laughing so hard we were gonna burst
trading stories of all the things we each had missed
felt that happysad you get when you reminisce
from ten stories up we saw our city laid bare
pointed out forest park and felt the weight we had shared
you said “austin i miss laying in that old tree’s shade
promise me we’ll get back to that place someday”

felt like we were laying on top of a disco ball
the world spun around us as we started to fall
nothing in between our untouched palms
i miss the days we spent silent while our bodies talked
pulses screaming out
to the system sound

i’m in my bed flipping through all of our polaroids
my life’s been so quiet without all your wild noise
i wanna get back on that ferris wheel
i miss all the highs and lows i would feel
my veins filled with nothing but love and euphoria
our favorite diner’s neon lights highlighting the glory of
friends catching glances breaking into a smile
every inch between us feeling more like a mile
but now the state line has become a wall
we’ve gotten bad at returning each other’s calls
and i know it feels like i’m always running away
but i promise you we’ll get back to that place someday

when we were laying on top of a disco ball
the world spun around us as we started to fall
nothing in between our untouched palms
i miss those days we spent silent while our bodies talked
pulses screaming out
to the system sound 💌

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released September 27, 2019
system sound was written, performed, recorded, and produced by austin strifler in his bedroom

mixed and mastered by gabe mouer

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