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Cocaine Clouds
04:46
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Slipping away again,
The slow surrender grain by grain,
As the waves, war against the shore,
And I'm not sure where I'm going,
My footing is crumbling,
Cascading hair, Alluring touch,
I'm grasping for air,
As I desperately clutch,
To get this weight off my,
Chest
Intoxicating, pedals swim
Around inside my head
Already forgetting
That our gardens have since bled dry
Come morning, our dreams will have died
Dust on the wind
had once been, hear their sigh
Virtues gouged deep in the much
Chains leave their scars and I just don't give a fuck
Day by day, we give ourselves away
Just for what, we don't even have a say
Give me back, the feeling when we were kids
When I believed, believed in what I did
Now I'm loosing grip, frivolously callused
Catatonic canvas
Moonlight trapped inside glass walls
Autumn leaves look the prettiest
Right before they fall
Floating on a distant dream
Current lead me to dissolution
It was a simple solution
The acquiescence of my heart, a substitution
for the love I never had within
Skin deep, this fleeting comforts been
Now I can't get enough
It feels so cold, without your touch
Made love in our graves
While friends died in vein
A slave to the pain
Shattered moons spill their rays
Now the toll has been paid
Bloodstains paint the rain
Languid eyes kill the soul
Just what has died no on knows
I've been addicted
for far to long
It seems I'm afflicted
Drowning in self pity
Well I know a thing or two
About being used
Its true that I can only blame myself
Consequences overwhelm
Careening off the edge
Jaws of burning wreckage
Held tight, funeral song
Slow motion suicide
Let the waves usher you out
Your fall mistook for flight
Obfuscate the pained clarity
Comfort in this blurry haze
So just look away
Sorry If I wanted a single second
of relief, disbelief
at the mess you've made
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2. |
Masquerade
04:20
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What’s the point of waking up,
when the high’s not worth the fall.
Just when things were getting better,
the carpet's pulled from underneath your feet and your
Falling, into a self tailored black abyss.
Off the solipsistic precipice,
perpetuating self destruction.
What’s worse is that you know your very steps have lead you here.
You waver cause you dare not stare through the looking glass,
Or else it stares back.
I was tossed into the street left to believe I wasn’t loved.
I’ll tend the fire in my heart so I don’t end it all.
Memories of childhood,
Of laughter down the hall.
Burnt away by hungry flames,
They forge the sword I will befall.
Dear Sister,
Did you care for me?
I just wanted to know why,
When I cared for you so deeply.
Am I not good enough?
Maybe getting used is all I’m good for.
You made me like this.
All I wanted was to give you my love,
But you gave it back,
In a million pieces falling through my,
Falling through my hands.
Dear Sister,
I always wanted the best for you.
I never had a choice.
I loved you deeply.
Well,
We all got chains that weigh us down girl,
But that’s not how you
Justify your
Validation,
Rationalize your
Desperation.
This dialogue of silence
Deafens the words we never said.
Oh, Mother, look at us now.
Oh, Mother, look at us now.
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3. |
Long Sleeve
04:39
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I've spent my whole life
Chasing a vision of myself
I'll never obtain
The hunt pursues
Question my subconscious can't explain
There's nights I wish that the walls would come to life
So that I could have someone too
Talk to when I am
Alone
She walked in
Wearing heartache on her sleeve
Her eyes pulling me closer
It was a picture perfect scene
Your smile, betrayed the venom we sewed that night
I thought I could be myself
I guess I wasn't,
I wasn't enough
Opened up
Sewn back shut
You took what you wanted
And discarded my love
Post surgery
Operation gone wrong
Sides never seen
Made a mockery of
I bloomed
Into you
But the water was poisoned
The petals stained right through
Well I'm through
With this nurtured addiction
I'll sever the roots
I forget
Just how easily you can be
Erased from my mind
I know that we were
Just stupid kids
Trying to pass the time, but
This one seems to sting more than all the rest
Lying on your sheets I would have never guessed
You would want to burn this
You would want to burn this
Want to burn this down
I tried to see things from your
Perspective
But I only
Got lost behind
Your bright blue eyes
Seeking the truth
Hoping to find
What I had suspected all along
That this
Didn't pertain to me
It was all about you
And your fucked fallacy
A broken home
And scarred memories
Could only explain what you did to me
A fleet of red sails
Floats in your past
All broken from the wind used to break their masts
You reveled at the thought
Of being in control
Abusing your vanity
To hide the side that's never shown
It's never that easy
I understand
It's never that easy
I understand
That we
Only met eye to eye
when, we were lying down
I forget
Just how easily you can be
Erased from my mind
I know that we were
Just stupid kids
Trying to pass the time, but
This one seems to sting more than all the rest
Lying on your sheets I would have never guessed
You would want to burn this
You would want to burn this
Want to burn this down
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4. |
Gifts
04:06
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Your hands meant to give life
They’ve withered away
They’ve withered away
Can’t even place a flower at your grave
Half a world away
Half a world away
I gave you a piece of my soul last may
It died in your arms by your side that day
Smoke pouring out of charred window frames
Dawning realization it won’t be ok
Worlds spin away
unfurling like acid inside of my brain
Each grim detail
A knife in my heart
Stomach in knots
What could have been torn apart
This couldn’t be real
This couldn’t be real
Families grieving
Silences speaking
The horror in your eyes
Left in those alive
Can’t stand the thought
Can’t stand the thought
The days have since passed in a haze
Endless maze
So helplessly alone
I saw hands clasped in the dark
It’s people shaped by your art
You taught me to live and to laugh and to love
But now that your gone
I’m the one who’s supposed to be strong
Not for long I suspect
A fleck of of light beaming down
Your promise this isn’t our last song
But your memory won’t be one of suffering
Not when what you stood for was happiness in spite of loss
Just how precious life is becomes so crystal clear that it cuts my heart
But that burning blood you nurtured in me flows down
Takes root in the soil
To cherish each day ever more strongly
A Legacy of love
A Celebration of life
Come spring, violet dreams, will bud a new
(This will not be the last time)
Your memories lets write them down the pages blur but still resound
We have seen
In your gifts the best in us
The blessings you gave me
Blessings you gave
We have seen
In your gifts the best in us
The blessings you gave me
Blessing you gave
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5. |
Blood Orange
06:00
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Wait
I don't need a reason
For you to stay
Maybe its just the season
That's got me feeling this way
Tangled limbs and tangled sheets
Erratic hearts
Never missing a beat, no
Ivory memories
Stacked so tall in my mind
Now I'm separated from the shore I knew before
Slipping away
Under the waves
Well
The currents strong
But I got your hand in mine
So squeeze it tight
I'll be fine
Two artists one design
I don't think I need a reason anymore
For you to spend the night
For you to stay
For you to hold on tight
Well drift away
Into another place
where the clouds just roll across the sky
Like masked tides well move unseen
And well find ourselves along the way
Hold me close
And don't let go
Autumn winds
Make time move so slow
If this were
To end tonight
Then I wouldn't be
The least surprised
Maybe
It's just my jaded perspective
Personally
centered on disbelief
Conditioned
Not to dream
Waves roll in
Waves roll out
Misplacing, my spacing
erasing my doubt
Waves roll in
Waves roll out
Misplacing, my spacing
erasing my doubt
Waves roll in
Waves roll out
Misplacing, my spacing
erasing my doubt
Waves roll in
Waves roll out
Misplacing, my spacing
erasing my
Doubt
My doubt
Lets take all our stories and go
I don't know where yet
I don't know where yet
Lets take all our stories and go
I don't know where yet
I don't know where yet
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