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Leap Year

by Secret Base Life

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Two Leaps Forward One Leap Back 00:56
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So every few years we get an extra day Another opportunity to waste our lives away I'm not sure where that time went Or where it will go tonight But in four more years I hope I'm still here On February 29
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One Small Leap For Man One Giant Leap For Mankind (An Ode To Being Human In An Era Ruled By Monsters) 01:48
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My friends we're getting older It seems our song is almost over And right now we might not feel so strong But I hope we find the strength to sing along So here's to our receding hairlines and our sagging tits The guts we've acquired and our failing wits Here's to waking up and feeling like shit in the morning Here's to putting on a happy face Even though you'll never get to explore outer space Here's to knowing you're too late and too early Here's to trying your best not getting any rest Never being able to catch your breath Here's to feeling alive enough to welcome death We were born into a war we didn't ask for In between histories of a troubled world And it feels like nothing we can do will make a difference We inherited a house that's falling down around us And concern for our well-being is met with belligerent disinterest So we might not make an impact We might not survive intact But we're still alive we're gonna fight back They brought is into this world to fight their wars To continue the histories in which they were born And they keep us well-enough off to never be sure About anything better forever at all.
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Two Leaps Forward / One Small Leap - One Track 02:43
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"Two Leaps Forward, One Leap Back"

So every few years we get an extra day
Another opportunity to waste our lives away
I'm not sure where that time went
Or where it will go tonight
But in four more years I hope I'm still here
On February 29th..


One Small Leap For Man, One Giant Leap For Mankind (An Ode To Being Human In An Era Ruled By Monsters)

My friends we're getting older
It seems our song is almost over
And right now we might not feel so strong
But I hope we find the strength to sing along

So here's to our receding hairlines and our sagging tits
The guts we've acquired and our failing wits
Here's to waking up and feeling like shit in the morning

Here's to putting on a happy face
Even though you'll never get to explore outer space
Here's to knowing you were too late and too early

Here's to trying your best not getting any rest
Never being able to catch your breath
Here's to feeling alive enough to welcome death

We were born into a war we didn't ask for
In between histories of a troubled world
And it feels like nothing we can do will make a difference
We inherited a house that's falling down around us
And concern for our well-being is met with belligerent disinterest

So we might not make an impact
We might not survive intact
But while we're still alive we're gonna fight back

They brought us into this world to fight their wars
And continue the histories in which they were born
And they keep us well-enough off to never be sure

About anything better forever at all.

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released February 29, 2020

All songs written and performed by Secret Base Life.

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jim Lopardo
Copyright 2020 by Sandbox Music Group.

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Secret Base Life Southampton, Pennsylvania

Secret Base Life is the music of Dale Nicklas III.

With a driving, relentless acoustic guitar and sardonic lyrics that shine the light on the human condition, Secret Base Life's music insists you listen and then you can't help but think.

A guitar style like the Clash, lyrics like a dystopian Dylan, and a vocal delivery of Zappa at his best SBL will make clear the world that surrounds you. ... more

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