Name: In Vain
Duration: P00H03M53S
Description: Written c. 1996. I never wrote the lyrics down until years later, after I'd been singing them for a while. The bridge lyrics were added later, written 8/21/1999. Until then, the bridge was just "nah-nah's." Recorded 3/2001.

In Vain

from Scales by Mike Grosshandler

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Written c. 1996. I never wrote the lyrics down until years later, after I'd been singing them for a while. The bridge lyrics were added later, written 8/21/1999. Until then, the bridge was just "nah-nah's." Recorded 3/2001.

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Days passed on slowly
Days passed on slower still, my friend
And then I saw her
I’ll never see her face again
When you see me crying under skies of grey
You’ll know that the only purpose in this life is not to die in vain
Weeks went past slowly
Weeks went past slower still, my friend
And then I saw you
I never saw you til the end
The witching hour, oh how it’s come and how it’s passed
These precious nights, they’ve gone too fast
Too fast

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from Scales, released March 31, 2003

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Mike Grosshandler Albany, New York

Mike Grosshandler has been active in the Albany, NY music scene since 1997. He is the singer/guitarist for the rock band The VeLMAs. He has also performed with Above The Flood, The Hard Luck Souls, and Midnight Radio.

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