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Parallel Lines

from Can't Get the Dark Out by Kelly Hoppenjans

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I think I spend half my life waiting
in line for what I want
Like a coffee or a roller coaster
or a pretzel from a cart
And I've been waiting my turn for a lover
like the songs I listen to
The cheesy lines that turn my stomach
like "I can't help falling for you"

But it was different when you said it
It was different with you.

We could have spent our whole lives
moving in parallel lines
And if we never met then we weren't meant to
But you jumped over the turnstile
And our lines got crossed
Now I’m all mixed up in you

When I was stuck in night construction
Coming home on 440
I’d had it up to here with Nashville
And every schmoozy business party
When all those cars had me surrounded
Waiting in lines that never moved
And there’s a person inside every one of them,
Wishing they were going somewhere too
What if one of them was you?

I wish I met you a long time
A long time ago

But we had spent our whole lives
Moving in parallel lines
And if we never met, then we weren’t meant to
But you jumped over the turnstile
And our lines got crossed
Now I’m all mixed up in you

I don't wanna leave before I can memorize you baby
I wanna learn your face by heart
I don't wanna leave before I can let this moment change me
Let it break and build me up

We could have spent our whole lives
moving in parallel lines
We could have never met and never known
Carry me over the turnstile
if I ever get lost
Don't you dare just let me go.

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from Can't Get the Dark Out, released May 6, 2022

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Kelly Hoppenjans Ann Arbor, Michigan

Nashville singer-songwriter Kelly Hoppenjans creates empowering rock, combining the spirit of riot grrrl tinged with folky introspection. Her music dives deep into relationships, fate, and breaking free of toxic patterns. The new EP is inspired in part by Hoppenjans’ journey of finding love during the pandemic: navigating online dating, confinement, and impending life changes to sustain that love. ... more

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