The Grid

from Get Ready To Run by Matthew Davies

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lyrics

Invisible signal that never goes away
You drive a thousand miles and silently it waits
That hidden frequency that ringing in you ears
It's only getting stronger year after year

Unplug me from the grid
Release me from your grip
Before it gets too late
Oh God, did we miss our chance to escape
Made too big a shift and now this is our fate

All too ready and too willing to embrace
The blind convenience of a shiny modern age
Your public library a lifeless web domain
Maybe what we've lost isn't worth what we've gained

Unplug me from the grid
Release me from your grip
Before it gets too late
Oh God, did we miss our chance to escape
Made too big a shift and now this is our fate

Holding out
For what's the use
Wiser men have traded old for the new

I recall quite clearly a very different time
Before the ones and zeros started ruling all our lives
I try to fight it and I try not to engage
But, before I know what's happening it sucks me in again

Unplug me from the grid
Release me from your grip
Before it gets too late
Oh God, did we miss our chance to escape
Made too big a shift and now this is our fate

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from Get Ready To Run, released July 30, 2021
Mixed by Shane Hochstetler
Mastered by Carl Saff
Album Art by Eston Bennett

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Matthew Davies Wisconsin

Songwriter, singer, swimmer and father of four, Matthew Davies is a busy man. For the past decade he’s been fronting Milwaukee based band of ringers, Thriftones, as well as releasing solo work and performing regularly in multiple capacities.

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