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Don't Be Afraid To Drown

by The Skies Are Shifting

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1.
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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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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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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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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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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released July 30, 2021

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