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Patience (Second Wind Version)

from Second Wind by Pawns or Kings

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A remixed and remastered version of our single "Patience" with added texture instrumentation. This song was inspired the "doldrum" feeling one gets when they took a shot at their dreams, missed, and crashed back down to earth. The months and years after can feel like a meaningless slog; going to a low paying job you hate, struggling to pay the bills as you see old peers triumphing, and wondering what you did wrong. There was a time when I was working at the YMCA doing every job they offered, riding a broken walmart bike in -10 degree weather to get to that minimum wage job, and after getting hit by a car and breaking my collar bone (with no insurance so no hospital visit) I wondered if I should just give up.

Ben returned to the US around the same time having had a similar experience at film school, we both reconnected in a state of listless apathy and decided to resurrect Pawns or Kings from the dead and give it one more try. This song was the message I kept telling myself when I started to get down about restarting everything, patience... nothing blows up in a day.

lyrics

When I was younger I used to dream of


The city lights and telecast screens and

I was gonna be something more than I am...


But time went on and time got mean and

I never ended up where I wanted to be and

The more I learned the less I could understand

But from where I was and where I am now

Guess it might have been right somehow

Maybe that bit of trust is all I need


So God give me a bit of patience

Patience for then

Cuz haste and lust is the

Downfall of men

God give me a little patience

Patience to mend

We’re always rushing off to meet

Our end

Growing old is always hard when

The world leaves the aging out to starve and

You're on the rise but then you lose your place

And it leaves you bleeding, leave you scarred

And cold always catches you off guard and

Soon the valleys from outside are on your face

There aint no shame in buying used and

Shiny things are often abused and

And good things don’t always come with speed

So God give me a bit of patience

Patience for then

Cuz haste and lust is the

Downfall of men

God give me a little patience

Patience to mend

We’re always rushing off to meet

Our end


Coming home doesnt mean your done

Might mean a bigger battles being won

Most things you want arent things you need

So God give me a bit of patience

Patience for then

Cuz haste and lust is the

Downfall of men

God give me a little patience

Patience to mend

We’re always rushing off to meet

Our end


Always rushing off to some new sin

Better where I am than where I’ve been

credits

from Second Wind, released December 16, 2022
Edward Stengel
Ben Bigelow

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Pawns or Kings Strafford, Missouri

Pawns or Kings is a band characterized by honesty and emotion. Their music embodies the feeling of the Ozark Mountains in the Midwestern US. They are a 4 piece that utilizes driving banjo coupled with 3 part harmonies. Their debut, self produced, album "Letters to Lucy" made waves on radio stations across the globe. Their next full release "Pomme de Terre" was released to much acclaim 12/2013 ... more

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