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The Philosopher's Penmanship

by Gabriel Lowman

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First single to promote my upcoming album, I Know the Sky is Blue.

Thank you, Porter Stanton, for helping me with mixing.

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The Philosopher's Penmanship

I wouldn't ask anyone to do anything I can't do myself
You ask me to be happy with you but you're not even happy with yourself
We’ve got ten years to blame our years of youth
Before we’ve got to blame ourselves

Stop quoting poetry, it hasn't done shit
Art mends the soul but it can't and it won't, no it won't, fix this
Your words mean nothing, with the way you've been
Not all of life's philosophy comes from a pen

This is a Cold War of conflicting principles
The question is not God or Allah
The question is will I love or will I hate
Will I give or will I take

If you want to be embarrassed for me
I don't see how that helps
I'm not ashamed of being happy
I can do it myself
I think I'm getting the hang of it now
Everybody's just the worst
If they can disagree with you
They don't know how it works

Stop quoting poetry, it hasn't done shit
Art mends the soul but it can't and it won't no it won't fix this
Your words mean nothing with the way you've been
Not all of life's philosophy comes from a pen

You can work on your penmanship, and your Instagram aesthetic, and your Twitter presence, oh it's all just so authentic. Sound the dog whistle, you can change the stock market with a single tweet, control the reality everybody perceives.

Stop quoting poetry, it hasn't done shit
Art mends the soul but it can't and it won't, no it won't, fix this
Your words mean nothing, with the way you've been
Not all of life's philosophy comes from a pen

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released July 26, 2017

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Gabriel Lowman Pocatello, Idaho

Idaho native, improviser and composer

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