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That's my mind going under
Finding the ear of another
While you were holding on to hope
Pulling it like an invisible rope
You're turning the stone in my chest
Grinding grain for our daily bread
And I'm tracing my fingers down your spine
Could you tell I was just killing time?
The winter had stolen our heat
Stolen our heat
Our love was a city scaped
A cloudless and infinite sky scraped
Blue and red lights now careening
Tyres and sirens now screaming
And I know how they feel
And I know just how they feel
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You Forgot To Breathe
03:21
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Your body's shivering, shortness of breath
I shouldn't have let you get so upset
I say "There's no queue but darling, there's a wait
For a life that's worth living instead of all this pain"
I never know what I'm supposed to say
So I unfocus my eyes and turn away
Maybe you're thinking of the house where you lived
But now the keys don't fit
Your breathing's heavy now, more than before
Fingers are curling up into a claw
Your lips are going numb, you try to talk
I say "Don't try to talk, baby don't talk, look at me"
And you say "It feels like it will always be
Too much for me
When will it feel like something's going right?"
I say "It's just a thing that takes a little time
There's no queue but darling, there's a wait
For a life that's worth living instead of all this pain"
Your tears are drying now, the shaking's stopped
You say you're feeling better, I know you're not
I've come to notice the difference between
What you say and what you mean
So I say that it is how its always been
You and me
So I say that it is how it's always been
You and me
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No Darkness
04:03
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Walking around in the same old clothes
No one could know how much I've changed
But everything is as it's always been
No one to talk to, much less to say
I wish I could kiss your open mouth just like before
Cos lately I've been kissing bottles
Their lips are much colder than yours
I'm always saying you've got a little life left I can see
And although I wish I could
I can't say the same for me
All those times I say I'll jump but never do
You always know just what to say
Cos my darkness is no darkness to you
My light is your light too
And my darkness is no darkness to you
I think about where we started from and where we might end up
I know the futures got plans for us
I'm just not quite sure what
Yes, I remember arguments but not what they were about
Cos we'd always just end up laughing
Forgetting to figure it out
Tried to write you a love song but got lost in the details
And I wanted to play fingerstyle but I bit off all my nails
Our love's a melody we're singing out of tune
And my tortured voice will ring even if I drift away from you
Because my light is your light too
And my darkness is no darkness to you
Yeah
My light is your light too
And my darkness is no darkness to you
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4. |
Just Not Together
05:29
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Do you remember it?
I think about it often
The breath we took when we first met
Before we started talking
And you laying on my bed
My record player spinning
I can still hear that song ringing in my head
The song of our beginning
And your head against my chest
We were closer then than ever
I'm sure that one day we'll be happy
Just not together
Just not together
You held me with both hands
You said ''I cant wait forever"
And I tried to understand, but I couldn't even picture us
Not being together
Not being together
You said "Please just give it time
This pain won't last forever
Yeah, we're gonna be just fine
Just fine
Just not together"
Just not together
Just not together
Just not together
Just not together
Just not together
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5. |
Overflowed
05:37
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You always say that you thought it would last forever
But he wasn't on the same page, and never seemed to get there
Now he wants to get things back on track
But you can miss something and still not want it back
You didn't want to believe it started off as an ending
And now that some time has gone by, I think I'm done pretending
That it was anything but that
You can miss something and still not want it back
Even after all of this time, you're repeating the same thing
You keep scratching at that same old wound
And then wondering why it stings
You know it doesn't have to be like that
You can miss something and still not want it back
I poured myself into you 'til you overflowed
And I don't know if you feel it too, I just want you to know
No, that's okay, I understand
It hurts when something doesn't work out like you planned
But I will give you everything you want
And I will do everything he won't do
And you say "What if you decide to leave?"
And I say "What if i don't want to?"
Yeah I will give you everything you want
And I will do everything he won't do
And you say "What if you decide to leave?"
And I say "What if i don't want to?"
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Beaches
05:21
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22 and terrified
Your hair was long, your eyes were wild
Your heart was heavy
Some good intentions, some mistakes
A dead end seemed like a lucky break
For you, it was as good a time as any
Spending every waking day together but alone
Stretching out our sentences as far as they would go
You dreamed of being nothing more
Than a moveless cloud beyond the shore
Watching over beaches below you
You would hide behind your eyes
I should have held you to the light
To see inside and really truly know you
We had a life beyond this door but you lifted the latch
You doused it all in kerosene and then you struck a match
You put your shadow in some bright
Nowhere of fields and sunlight
You needed to be anywhere but here
You were headed god knows where, but god knows you didn't care
You wanted to disappear
You prefer a flicker to a steady source of light
You prefer a flicker to a steady source of light
I said there's no queue but there's a wait
You were going nowhere and running late
You come like a flame and you go just like water
Waiting for you to get homesick
Woke up with a prayer on my lips
Calling you over and over and over and over and over
They found you by the oceanside, said that it was suicide
You know I'm sure those beaches were dreaming of you too
You know I'm sure those beaches were dreaming of you too
You know I'm sure those beaches are dreaming of you too
You know I'm sure those beaches are dreaming of you too
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7. |
What It Was
05:43
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The world blurs around me, time is swallowing us whole
We watch each other disappear
We forget our minds, and our hands come alive
We touch each other to prove we're still here
Our perfect love's a lie, cos a perfect love implies a love in all capacities
And I can't help but think there are easier ways to die happy
Morning breaks in a photograph and we are smiling
A keepsake of a love neither of us recall
What I want back is what it was
We keep breaking each other and calling it love
This mountain of life I've been tumbling down
Grief saddled on my back
But I know that when I fall, I will stand and find myself in a field of lilacs
And in that slanting sunlight, I will finally realise you taught me what I've always known
When life gives you lemons, all you drink is lemonade
The acid eats away at your tongue
My hand on the latch, the door is swinging open
I understand - I'm inviting everybody in
What I want back is what it was
We keep breaking each other and calling it love
All I want back is what it was
We keep breaking each other and calling it love
What I want back is what it was
We keep breaking each other and calling it love
All the lies that you tell tell me a greater truth
All this pain's just a confirmation that you
Never knew how to love and be loved in turn
Well now's your time to learn
What I want back is what it was
We keep breaking each other and calling it love
Yeah, calling it love
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Hypnagogic hallucinations
I'm just trying to get some sleep
Can't control my imagination
Or the things I see
Spiders crawling along the ceiling
You know I didn't mean to freak you out
Jumping out of bed and turning the lights on
To go and check it out
I know I must ignore the things I see
Between wakefulness and sleep
When you're here with me
Your face is the only thing I'd ever want to see
Hypnagogic hallucinations
I just wish I could get some sleep
I can't control my imagination
Or those things I see
Well, I know I must ignore the things I see
Between wakefulness and sleep
Cos when you're here with me
Your face is the only thing I'd ever want to see
I'd ever want to see
I'd ever want to see
I'd ever want to see
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9. |
Skip To The Good Part
03:48
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What if we keep all our thoughts when we're dead?
Do I really want that shit inside my head?
I wear my headache like a crown
And when you try to cheer me up, I put you down
You're the apple of my bloodshot eyes
And I wasn't always worth your time
But your life is the best part of mine
Would you lose your mind or discover it?
End it all or just suffer it?
You say pain is an instrument of love
Each morning, awake but still in bed
I already want the day to end
I wear my headache like a crown
And I wake you up so you can talk me down
I start to talk but get tongue tied
I say "Nothing, nothing's gonna change my mind
Cos I'm running, yes I'm running out of time"
Would you lose your mind or discover it?
End it all or just suffer it?
You say pain is an instrument of love
Time, take me forward
I want to skip to the good part
I'm tired of playing along
I'm tired of playing along
I'm tired of playing along
I want to skip to the good part
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10. |
A Prediction
06:45
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I went to a psychic
Near my sister's place
She read my palm
Or maybe just my face
She said "God only knows
The pain you're in"
Then she started to show me
Everything that would happen
She showed me a mountain
And an empty silver bowl
My eyes were fountains
That I could not control
The peak was far away
And the silver shining
And the gleam of that vessel
It kept me from climbing
I was dehydrated
The bowl that once contained
A water pure and clear
Now lay bare and drained
I lost my footing
My arms were giving out
I shut my eyes
And I couldn't make a sound
This mountain of life I've been tumbling down
I open my eyes and I can see the ground
This mountain of life I've been tumbling down
I open my eyes and I can see the ground
I'm sorry for calling
Wait, what were you trying to say?
How am I?
Oh, I'm okay
I poured myself into you
Waiting for everything to come true
I poured myself into you
Waiting for everything to come true
I poured myself into you
Waiting for everything to come true
I poured myself into you
Waiting for everything
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Iain Andrew Dublin, Ireland
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