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I Hope the Children Have Your Hairline

by Old Fox

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I Hope the Children Have Your Hairline is a love song. Masking depression, anxiety, and loss in dark metaphoric witticisms, humor, and upbeat melody, the song focuses on Alex's battle with depression and how it can affect one's ability to love and be loved.

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The floorboards creak
It’s 5am and we should be fast asleep
But you’re up moving
And I’m struggling to check the backs of my eyelids for something sweet

But I’m just spare parts and migraines
Anxious roots and rotten leaves
By now I’ve buried enough family
To have grown a proper family tree

And I don’t understand how you can love me for who I am

See I’ve grown tired of squeezing water from a stone
If I could splint these sickly bones I’d be alright
See I plan to stay for as long as nature lets me
Please don’t hold this all against me, I’m doing fine
I hope the children have your hairline

My flatfoot stumbles
I shared my sickness through our anecdotal mumbles
My downstate slur was just enough to convince you I’m alright

See I’m just bracing for impact
Uproot the words with nervous tongues
Like leaves the truth would trembled
All sweaty palms and swollen lungs

You know I don’t understand how you can love me for who I am

See I’ve grown tired of squeezing water from a stone
If I could splint these sickly bones I’d be alright
See I plan to stay for as long as nature lets me
Please don’t hold this all against me, I’m doing fine
I hope the children have your hairline

Honest words for honest people
I just wanted to feel whole
Honest words for honest people
I just wanted to feel whole

See I’ve grown tired of squeezing water from a stone
If I could splint these sickly bones I’d be alright
See I plan to stay for as long as nature lets me
Please don’t hold this all against me, I’m doing fine
I hope the children have your hairline

credits

released March 1, 2019
Alex: Guitar/Vocals/Lyrics
Connor: Guitar/Vocals
Ralph: Trumpet/Vocals
Jon: Keys/Vocals
Kevin: Bass/Vocals
Sean: Drums/Vocals

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Old Fox Boston, Massachusetts

Formed in Somerville, MA in March, 2018, the founding members, Alex and Ralph, decided to build the band and its music around the phrase, “honest words for honest people.” The band has since evolved with that goal in mind and has continued to focus on creating simple, vulnerable, and evocative music for anyone who decides to listen. ... more

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