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A Letter
04:13
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Was it wrong for me to think that nothing could come from this pain?
And wasn’t the first time just like the last?
So full of doubt
An empty glass
Well it’s too late
We’ve run around towards a never ending spiral down
An inside view of the end
The end of something great
Something pure
Something profound
A solution to a former life
Where once we shared a greater sense of each other
Built everything that surrounds us
As winter’s edge returns to sun, unknowingly under sung
Like we are thieves, are trampled the leaves
They turn into mud under foot
The children, they surround me
I still remember
You were so kind, in the garden
The children, they surround us
It wasn’t you at all
For years and years and years, I couldn’t see straight
But now that I can see it’s already too late
The pictures you drew, of greater men than me
They will all turn to dust
Life’s one great guarantee
We welcome new seasons and forget old reasons
We’re dying for the sake of our past
We welcome new seasons and forget old reasons
Because it’s the last of our futures
Like parasites looking up to heaven
They always make me sick
I refuse to forget
These regrets, they follow me into day after day
For years and years and years I couldn’t see straight
But now that I can see it’s already too late
The pictures that you drew of greater men than me
They will all turn to dust
Life’s one great guarantee
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On A Wing
05:28
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I know that I’m too unkind
In summertime
But I see no reason
No reason at all
For I am myself
A song in the dark
And I let go
Just to say goodbye
With one eye open
I see your smile
And I swear
That on my life
That I don’t care
And I am so unaware
It’s plain to see a thousand shining stars
It forces me to wonder what I’ve missed
There seems to be an ever greater presence
When you can’t see the forest for the trees
And as we wait the woodland it surrounds us
And we’re no longer alone and no longer free
If saving me is the worst that you can do
Then set me down into the murky depths
This hateful sea it will drown us all
And wash away all that avails us
It’s plain to see a thousand stars
It forces me to wonder what I’ve missed
And all that I’ve known
But I don’t care
We were so unaware
If the world ends here…
Torn apart and living sideways
These waves they rise
Please take my hand
We’re going down
This hateful sea it will drown us
And wash us away
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If I could come clean for just one second
What would I say?
Where would I begin?
These images they trickle down my memory
Long summer nights with you
When we were young
When we were carefree
Before we were wise
Wise and unhappy
When I’m lost in you, dragging that cold hard lake
Willing to spread out for just one moment with you
As I remember much less and less
From day to day I find it harder to express
This dark feeling in my chest
The images they trickle down
Where would I begin?
Where was the magic?
I still feel the same
It’s like you have vanished
Something to fill the space
It’s like I can’t remember
One single fucking day
When you would not surrender
I didn’t even change
Where are you now?
What are you doing?
What is one more day, without you?
I'm lying here on the inside looking outside
And though I swear you’re everywhere
But here with me
You’ll never see the way
You’re standing there
Looking inside from the outside
And though you stare
You’re everywhere in misery
Too late to see me now
We’re out here
From the outside and the inside
I’m never there
So let’s pretend you’re here with me
Not just a memory
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The Red Door
04:19
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We welcome you to the end
To the end of everything
A red door
It entices you, glowing and shimmering
Waiting for it’s master to return
And like before, like so many times before
We have been waiting, watching you since birth
Weaving you back in our arms
Another lesson in self-control
I remain inside of my mind
Waiting for it to return
And although I try to realise
That nothing is forever
Weaker and weaker
Deeper and deeper
These tunnels lead me back to you
It takes so much to break these chains
To spend most nights just figuring out how to change
These chains they rust
These symbols they wait like answers
They wait like answers on a page
And lately I have felt better my love
And slowly, very slowly
I’ve felt these chains break away
I remain inside of my mind
Waiting for you to return
I guess we never learn
And although we try to relax
These demons keep coming back
And nothing will ever be the same
Until we force a change
This insignificance, what should we make of this
Remove another lie
Weaker and weaker
Deeper and deeper
These tunnels lead me back to you
I accept my faults
If one day it leads me back to you
It takes so much to break these chains
These chains rust
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A bitter soundtrack
A broken light
Another lover
So new and so bright
What would it take to take it back?
Create another chapter, to reignite
It’s never too late
Until it is
It was never so easy to find some clarity
Than when I was with you
We’re walking away
But it feels like and never is
Until it’s you
With your auburn hair
Like winter leaves
To find another
Another way
Marry me
We’ll run away
There is a spotlight
The curtain closed
There is a clarity that’s left in these words
A naked honesty that I will never forget
I remember your face
Why can’t I please remember my own
If it’s the last thing I leave
Marry me
We’ll walk away
There is a spotlight
There is a change
There is an answer that I chose to ignore
Because it’s the one I fear the most
Lights out
Curtain close
Remove the spotlight
Remove my clothes
A bitter soundtrack
A broken light
I suffer through my wounds
Another day, another night alone
Another day, the city awaits
Lights out
Curtain close
There is a door, there is a place
That I have walked through so many times before
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