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The Alleviators - Figure This

from SpinTunes 20 Round 3 by Spintunes

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Travis learned to play and write with a mandolin, which you can somewhat hear on the track.

Beka learned to write and record a song while spending most of the week on a tour bus or airplane.

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<verse>
did you know
its 742.6 miles between your house and mine
I looked it up one night

just a 11 hours
to drive, but who's counting the time
(you can count on me anytime)

<prechorus>
and I know you won't see this 'til you're awake
Yeah, I stayed up too late
You got enough on your plate
But I heard these words
So I'm laying them down - if you get a chance to sing
(i don't really know if this is anything)

<chorus>
push me to the limit
doing things I didn't know that I could do
figure this shit out with you
marvelous and messy
no second guessing
trying something new
figure this shit out with you

<verse2>
I been banging my head against the wall
trying to make a shared hallucination live
dreaming too big and thinking too small
giving it all but there's no all to give

trying to sync up our stations
send the signal that echoes back
when the noise becomes drowning
throw me a line and I'll pick up the slack

<prechorus>
and i know the dearest prize to be
the hardest to win
but we try time and again
get so tired, tearing my heart from my chest
but when i'm too wired i let you handle the rest

<chorus>
<space solo!!>

<finale prechorus>
sometimes this grind
is neither easy nor fun
passing our judgements
between perfect and done
and i've never done something like this before
but we've got a good thing going
so let's keep going, going some more

push me to the limit
doing things I didn't know that I could do
figure this shit out with you
marvelous and messy
no second guessing
tried and true
figure this shit out with you
with you

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from SpinTunes 20 Round 3, released April 18, 2023

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