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Herodotus Flaw

from Fiend EP by Harry Nichols

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I thought I saw this on a television show,
My daddy turned it off and said,
“Boy you’re ‘sposed to know your fact from fiction, kid”
I remembered everythign the actors said and did

And I saw it on a re-run, 20 years beyond the day
But it was not in the movies,
it was there on the front page of the New York Times
And it seems that art and history are always trading lines

And it seems sometimes this country’s written it’s true
And the subtext all comes screaming back to you
Yeah but the message isn’t clear from underneath your second beer
But it might be in another round or two

It’s singing hold me through the night till sober morning
Only until I can get the full story
Hold me until I read the bitter end

I don’t believe every word I say and hear,
But you can’t live in a vacuum, and the truth you cannot fear
When it comes to light
‘Cause if it is the truth, then we’re gonna be just fine

But what if our nation is an existential pose,
We may sense the light of meaning right before the shadow throws
our epiphany
In the small scope of our lives, the irony’s hard to see

And I can’t blame anyone for anything
‘Cause I don’t know the author’s mind and I know he don’t know me
But this circle that we draw, this herodotus flaw
Has never been so obvious to me

Is it always gonna be the same?
Is it somehting you and I can change?
Or am I reading too much into it?
Babe don’t think a thing of this waste

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from Fiend EP, released January 28, 2017

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Harry Nichols Ithaca

From his earliest days of musical self-expression, Harry Nichols has had a ear for melody. Whatever eclectic influences work their way into his art- from metal to chamber pop- the result is always certain to thrill your brain. He has released music independently since 2010, and continues with his upcoming LP, SONGS FOR THE RICH AND BEAUTIFUL. He currently lives and gigs in Ithaca, NY. ... more

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