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Michael Cera Palin
We Could Be Brave
Despite

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Michael Cera Palin

Despite

Release date: 7th March 2025

From We Could Be BraveTrack 55:49

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"Despite" is a track by Michael Cera Palin, from the album We Could Be Brave, released 7th March 2025. The track is 5:49 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Michael Cera Palin.

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Michael Cera Palin

Michael Cera Palin

Lyrics

Despite

Tight lips to loose ends, so the cycle goes
Retribution's useless
Still can't help but count what I'm owed
The threat's a misperception
To restore safety and sense
I'm clearing the air now
Which fogs the form of my conscience

Use it or loser
My poor, aching pen
The letters I'm writing, more stationary than sent

Forbidden translations casting rosetta stones
Displaced my impatience where grace should be owed

Seems I have trouble discarding my self-relegation
Granted, it's a process
Granted, what isn't?

I know that it's one foot
Before the next
A lesson from my descent

Although I've shaken the rust, might I derail again?

Despite unraveling, I'm so tightly wound
Despite the spiral, I just couldn't come around
Despite the ends, I can't tell what it means
In spite of this, why are we so certain where our ends will meet?

Retrace my outline past this distorted reflection
Aren't I a big laughing riot for all my hysterics?
Try to unleam this reflex, I'm more than a kneejerk
Get back to breathing, not just taking a breather

Examine the new gaps
Can't recall what filled their place
Seems when you chip at me, I flake

Time capsules, hard to swallow
Such joyful noise shouldn't ring so hollow

If I should trust what I see, and no one's truly lost anything
I'll let trust be why I trust again

Despite unraveling. I'm so tightly wound
Despite the spiral, just couldn't come around
Despite the ends, couldn't tell you what it means
In spite of this, why are we so certain where our ends will meet?

Is it something in the water?
Must be something in the water

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Track details

From We Could Be Brave

5:492025

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Album

We Could Be Brave

Michael Cera Palin

Track number

5

Release year

2025

1Feast or Famine
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2Tardy
2:15
3Murder Hornet Fursona
3:15
4Gracious
3:44

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Michael Cera Palin — We Could Be Brave (from We Could Be Brave) [11:59]
Michael Cera Palin — Feast or Famine (from We Could Be Brave) [4:38]
Michael Cera Palin — Tardy (from We Could Be Brave) [2:15]
Michael Cera Palin — Murder Hornet Fursona (from We Could Be Brave) [3:15]
Michael Cera Palin — A Broken Face (from We Could Be Brave) [1:37]
Michael Cera Palin — Crypto (from We Could Be Brave) [5:03]
Michael Cera Palin — 10:38/Doe (from We Could Be Brave) [4:01]
Michael Cera Palin — Wisteria (from We Could Be Brave) [4:53]
Michael Cera Palin — Gracious (from We Could Be Brave) [3:44]
Michael Cera Palin — Bono!! Bono!! [4:33]
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Michael Cera Palin — Go Home. Play Music. Feel Better. (from I Don't Know How to Explain It - EP) [3:57]
Michael Cera Palin — If It Makes You Happy (from I Don't Know How to Explain It - EP) [4:08]
Michael Cera Palin — Portrait of a Woman on a Couch With Cats (from I Don't Know How to Explain It - EP) [4:05]
Michael Cera Palin — Southern Comfort (from I Don't Know How to Explain It - EP) [2:16]
Michael Cera Palin — Admiral (from I Don't Know How to Explain It - EP) [2:22]
Michael Cera Palin — Growing Pains (from Growing Pains - EP) [2:42]
Michael Cera Palin — Mystery (from Growing Pains - EP) [3:46]
Michael Cera Palin — Boots N Cats (from Growing Pains - EP) [2:56]
Michael Cera Palin — Laughing Makes It Worse (from Growing Pains - EP) [5:10]

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