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Five Years

by Mike Pouch

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1.
I’m sitting on a skyrise thinking, “Where did it go wrong?” I’m the last one left; it appears the whole world’s gone. I look down at the people; it seems everyone has died. How can this be right? Is there no one left alive? But then I get to thinking, and I realize nothing’s changed. I am still alone, like I was before this came. So I feel no sadness to the fate of this whole earth, Because my life since then, really hasn’t gotten worse. “Five years ago,” I ask, “how could I know that five years from then would feel the same.
2.
I walk in with a smile on my face, so optimistic. I have a dream how my life will be; I'm idealistic. I'll see the world; my art will provide. I'll fall in love, and I'll be alive. I wish I could go back to when I could still dream, sometimes. I find it sad when things don't turn out how they seemed in my mind. Five years pass. They walk in with smiles on their face, so optimistic. It reminds me of a time when I was unrealistic. I've gone nowhere, with projects I've quit. I'm still alone, and I want to live. I wish I could go back to when I could still dream, sometimes. I find it sad when things don't turn out how they seemed in my mind. I wish I could go back to when I could still dream, sometimes. I find it sad when things don't turn out how they seemed in my mind. (I walk in with a smile on my face.) So optimistic. (I have a dream, how my life will be.) So optimistic.
3.
Not So Bad 03:35
I miss you my friend; I miss the smiles we had back then. If I have one regret, it's that we have met; it's that we duet the things that I've felt. But now that you've left, I try to forget; I try to accept the hand I've been dealt. It's not so bad to die, when you know you’ve never really lived. It’s just so sad to die alone, and you get nothing from all you give. If I see you again, I'd lie in resent; I'd lie and pretend that I don't love you. But I can't forget the things went unsaid, the things that I meant, the things we both knew. It's not so bad to die, when you know you’ve never really lived. It’s just so sad to die alone, and you get nothing from all you give. I wish I could forget you. I wish I could forget you. I wish I could forget you. It's not so bad to die, when you know you’ve never really lived. It’s just so sad to die alone, and you get nothing from all you give. It's not so bad to die, when you know you’ve never really lived. It’s just so sad to die alone, and you get nothing from all you give. I miss you my friend; I miss the smiles I had back then.
4.
I stand at the edge looking down eight stories and fantasize an end of life. I'm not in the right state of mind to have these kinds of ideas. I disappear when I'm so deep in thought; I scare myself with what I think. In a crowded room, she stands out when I long for love that passed; she shares a glass, and a memory, once was mine, now belongs to someone else. I drown myself when I'm so deep in thought; I scare myself with what I do. But the littlest kiss could save me, would save me. The littlest kiss from someone I'll never have. I'm a phantom in the morning when they wake; could not ignore her damned closed door. So still in effect, I drive home for my sake. But at what cost? My faith is lost when I'm so deep in thought; I scare myself who I've become. The world's still in a blur to me, yet here I clear my eyes. How much I've changed, but now I see, and I am terrified. But the littlest kiss could save me, would save me. The littlest kiss from someone I'll never have. The littlest kiss could save me, would save me. The littlest kiss from someone I'll never have.
5.
I'm sitting in a skyrise thinking back five years, on my regrets, my dreams, and debts. I look towards the horizon, yet it fills my fears. The sun is setting, and I'm scared to death. The earth curves in the distance behind tall buildings, to lands unseen, beyond my means, with sights, and tastes, and adventures so fulfilling. Yet, all these places remain in my dreams. I close my eyes and only hope, and though, a million dollar idea strolls across my mind. I jot it down and yet somehow, I sacrifice another, and I waste my time. Nothing gets finished; it seems too late now. “Five years ago”, I ask, ''how could I know, all this time gone, I'd be alone?'' I thought that I'd be in love and have love returned. And dreamt of homes, I'll never know. Because it seems love is just chance; it's not something earned. So I hope God won't make me die alone. But how can I believe in what I cannot feel? Yet I still pray to live someday. I guess faith is defined by what's not revealed; so I trust things will all work out some way. I close my eyes and only hope to know. So maybe life's not over, just a failed chapter, of goals in mind, not reached in time. And I can still redeem the life that I'm after. A sunset looks the same as a sunrise. Five years ago I wish I could have known, all this time gone, yet I'm still hopeful. Though five years gone my mind is clear; I want to live. I need to live. Cause now this starts the next five years. I need to live, God let me live.

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“Five Years” is the debut EP from Mike Pouch. With a dynamic mix of melodic vocal lines, acoustic guitar, and piano seamlessly blended amidst heavy synths, glitched out programmed drums, and orchestral swells, “Five Years” is a reflection of expectations not being met, and how one’s outlook can change, even as life remains stagnant over the course of five years.

Originally intended to be released in 2010, there were many delays in the production until it was eventually shelved. However in 2014, Mike Pouch got back in the studio with Jeremy Simon, dusted off the songs, and polished them up. The album cover is a portrait done by his friend Chris Krebs in 2006, around the same time the EP is written about.

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released July 24, 2015

All music written and performed by Mike Pouch
Mixed by Jeremy Simon at Viking Camel Studio
Mastered by Tom Volpicelli at the Mastering House
Violin performed by Carley Evangelista on Littlest Kiss and Five Years Ago
Additional vocals by Missy Willey on So Optimistic
Album cover painted by Chris Krebs

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Mike Pouch Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mike Pouch is singer-songwriter and composer from Philadelphia, PA with a focus on well-crafted songs and highly melodic indie electropop.

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