Still Life from MONKEYBUTT by Mike Lee Mallory

Tracklist

11.	Still Life	4:13

Lyrics

Don't keep bringing me back
Into this much elusive dream
Don't search for secrets
Answers are out of reach

Silence holds it's own
competing with mass confusion
Sometimes truth hurts more than truth is worth
What's worse is when truth passes us by

Keep pictures of yesterday
When memory fades

Still-life has it's place
Bringing back the memories
Still-life takes the place
Of forgotten memory

Reflection from an outside world
When the world we're living in
Is no different for 100 million lives
Objections from an outside world

Please don't bring me back
Into this much eluded dream
Don't search for sincerity
I'm not a problem solver

Silence holds it's own
Competing with crass persuasion
Sometimes life hurts more than life is worth
What's worse is when life passes us by

Trading pictures for tomorrow
Memory escapes the sorrow

Still-life has a place bringing back the past
Still-life is a waste the past was a memory

Rejection comes in sparks of light
The power of the sun obliged to ignite
Distractions from an inside world
Don't keep bringing me back
Into this misunderstood dream
Don't search for structure
Words seem out of reach

Silence holds it's own
Competing with lack of understanding
Sometimes love hurts more than Love's worth
What's worse is when love passes us by

Don't keep bringing me back
Into this misguided dream
Don't search for answers
Secrets are never as they seem

Still-life has a place bringing back the past
Still-life takes the place of missing memories

Still-life as a matter of fact
still-life concealed in time
Still-life holding life back
Nothing is as it seems

Credits

from MONKEYBUTT, released January 1, 2026
Mike Lee Mallory

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