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Me In Your Past Tense

from A Paper Gift by Motion Picture

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Have you noticed the ways
Our history slowly fades?
The water in the fountain’s dim
And it’s not from the shade

But I still hear the sounds
When we danced upon this ground
So I stretch out and think about
The love we’d once found

Then you resolve
To leave no doubt:
“Investing in a pretty girl’s whim
It never pays out”

If we’ve reached that stage
Where the past tense applies to me
Please don’t dispense the present tense
To the first boy you meet

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from A Paper Gift, released November 7, 2000

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Motion Picture Minneapolis, Minnesota

Formed in 1992, the plaintive and contemplative songs of Minneapolis' Motion Picture calls to mind the lush fragility of Belle & Sebastian, the lovelorn lyricism of Trembling Blue Stars, and the sophisticated melodic stamp of early Felt. The heart-wrenching music merges guitar and cello melodies into arrangements that are at once idyllic in essence and elaborate in structure. ... more

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