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Breathing Backwards

There's a spray of flowers
Done up in black and white
This bouquet of hours
Well it means much less now than it might
Giving trash can orders
In an alley with a broken light
I can't see very clearly but
I can feel my way
All right
Hiding in plain sight

Breathing backwards
Spitting out facts that you think I don't know
Took you a long time baby
Just to tell me so
Got the keys to disaster
Little bit faster than you wanted to go
Took me a long time baby
But it's time to blow

In the desert of the real
With all my wrong desire
Standing by the ruins of a dream
Where everything's on fire
Is it wicked not to care
That everything's a lie?
I can't think too clearly
But I can feel my way
All right
Hiding in plain sight

Breathing backwards
Spitting out facts that you think I don't know
Took you a long time baby
Just to tell me so
Got the keys to disaster
Little bit faster than you wanted to go
Took me a long time baby
But it's time to blow

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from Forty Days and Forty Nights with the Bon Mots, released November 5, 2007

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The Bon Mots Chicago, Illinois

SPIN: Bon Mots are one of the most promising new bands out there. A-

JIM DEROGATIS: Jangly psychedelic/power-pop draws on Byrds and Zombies but rises to the top of this always-overcrowded genre by virtue of strong songwriting, swirling production.

AMPLIFIER: Understated irony frequently underscores bittersweet melodies.

ALL MUSIC GUIDE: Bon Mots just may be Chicago's best-kept secret.
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