In an effort to update more often with mean­ing­ful con­tent, here’s a great song I’ve been quite lit­er­ally addicted to for a cou­ple weeks now. The song is “The Per­fect Machine” by a band that called them­selves For All the Drifters. Iron­i­cally. this par­tic­u­lar band came out of Greenville, IL quite a few years back when some stu­dents there decided to make music together. You can now find a cou­ple of the guys in the band Paper Route, of which has mag­nif­i­cent music. Despite any pre­con­ceived notions you might have about indie bands, this song is worth every sec­ond of your time.

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“The Per­fect Machine”

Out­side the prop­erty line
I’m finally won­der­ing why I gave this all to you

Wide eyes, should I be sur­prised?
The secrets and lies
I’ve never seen this side of you
Cheat slow, so nobody knows, ’till you finally go
I’ve never seen this side of you
Your ring gives me rea­son to sing
Did it mean any­thing?
I prob­a­bly should’ve left you alone
Who knew your devo­tion was hardly true

My heart’s a per­fect machine
It’s mak­ing beau­ti­ful beats
They’re hope­less with­out you

You swore you’d be faith­ful to me
Held on to rosary beads
You left me, instead

©2006 For All the Drifters