Highways That Vibrate

from How We've Changed by Andy Ulseth

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I’m taking my time putting my head to sleep
while the engines purr and the sirens bleed
and I breath it in to feed my longing lungs

So I press my ear against the screen
where the wind is cool, from where poets leap
to the icy, concrete riverbed below

And passed the sounds of squeaking wheels
and rolling trash and orange peels
are the tones that only lonely travelers know.

The highways, that vibrate
and call on us to see
the byways that time’s
waved for me

If you cock your head to listen to the air
like a distant waning summer’s fair
as it stretches out from sea to silver sea

Oh, The humming of the thoroughfares
Are bassiest notes that are barely there
How they fill out all of the low end in between

The roads are bowed like old violas
crying in the concert halls
of cities who don’t recognize their moans.
And chorded at the junction tangles
harmonies and bell-like jangles
all as one and peaceful in their tone.

These highways, they vibrate
and need for our four wheels
The byway’s decay
was made for me.

I’m taking my time putting my head to sleep
while the engines purr and the sirens bleed
and I breath it in to feed my longing lungs

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from How We've Changed, released June 24, 2022

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Andy Ulseth Minneapolis, Minnesota

Andy Ulseth is a craftsman songwriter from Minnesota. A state known for brutal winters, and liberal politics. His folk songs highlight the vivid and visceral minutiae of the modern world rather than focus on the past. What does it mean to be a millennial? Why does life happen all at once? How have we changed? Every melody is important, and words matter. ... more

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