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In as it is lonely, Arsonist reflects upon the past year and the friends they have lost, and how they will keep going even though it is hard at times.

Emma Polunsky was a great friend of mine. I will always love and miss her. She was a great person who was always able to put a smile on the faces of others even when she couldn't keep a smile on her own face. She struggled with a battle with addiction and mental illness and lost this year. Please learn how to use narcan and always carry it with you. If you don't know about it, please contact me. We want to keep our friends here with us. I love you Emma. I promise we are all gonna try our best to fix this fucked up system so we don't have to lose any more friends.

The last part of this song, is one of the last messages Emma ever sent me.
I jokingly responded that the message she just sent was gonna end up on the album somehow.
Me being a source of wisdom for the blackout drunk, it could have been a great line.
Instead this song is in rememberence of those we lost. And how the world is a lonelier place without you in it Emma.

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the best thing about thinking you're dying
is you learn to live each day like your last
I've spent six months just trying to feel alive
trying to feel like something good can last

and its lonely as it is lovely
knowing that I'm not gonna die

the best thing about burning down to your hometown
is that you get to decide which place feels like home next
and if no place felt like home in the first place
than we can always go and make a home out of the wreck

and its lovely as it is lonely
knowing home is where the heart is

"I don't remember our past two conversations but it appears when I am blackout wasted I go to you in search of answers and wisdom. I'd take that as somewhat as a compliment"

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from The Greatest Arsonist, released November 14, 2019
Drums by Chris Holmes
Bass by Tim Julio
everything else by Sky Husebye

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Straight Line Arrival Fargo, North Dakota

Straight Line Arrival is an independent emo-punk band out of Fargo. Started in 2015 as a solo project of Sable Sky, SLA now includes Tim Julio and Michael Hansen.

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