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Island Fire
02:55
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No one sees it coming. No one could have known. An island fire taking over. Embers were neglected, assuming they’d grow cold, but they did not. Now I know. I don’t want to feel this now. I cannot work when I’m like this. I cannot feel the sun. The warmth. The glow. Oh my heart.
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I'll Try
04:46
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I’ve been trying to toe the line of peace and full regression. I’m far from home. I’ve been trying to fill my mind with all the lies while I still pretend I can call you home, but I can’t call you home. But I could take the time again. I could take the time again. Thinking about the time I found you in the meadow. My two moons surround us. The world was ending. Would I still hold myself from giving you my all if you were around me and truly the world was ending? I say I’ll try, but I take my time. I was wrong.
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Inaction
04:03
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Small decisions I have made to push the ones I love away. And all the times I said I’ve changed, and you know I have not. Lost inside my selfish dreams. Sickened jealousy, deceit. I’ve sacrificed my heart for pain, but what do I have to show for it? I don’t want to see the end, because I don’t want to break your heart. So I don’t want to see the start, because I don’t want us to part. Standing still, inaction led. I’ve lost it all inside my head. I can’t move on, I’ve got to feel. I hope that this will end. That’s it I don’t want it. You can say you’ll come again, but I just want to be your friend again. Give me a sign that you want me for your heart. Could I do worse to my heart? And could you really be the one to show me that it’s right?
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Reciprocation
04:08
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Make me feel at home, because I’ve been nowhere for so long. And please just let me know: is this going where I hoped it would? I don’t know your heart, but I know I’m not the only one you want. But I’m afraid that you don’t want it anymore. You don’t. Give me a sign. You won’t. Because it’s just me every time. And I think I’ll just hold my tongue, because I’ve been stranded here so often. I shouldn’t waste my time. And I’m just starting to think I’d be better off alone. I don’t miss being alone but I’m trying to become something better than what I could ever be. What? I don’t know. I could never be anything better than what I adore.
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Begging for Light
01:07
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Desperate Lie
03:24
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You don’t want to be alone, but I dare you to. Because you don’t want to be in love, you just want to use. I don’t want to see you lose, but it’s all up to you. And I don’t want to choose, but I have to. Constantly infatuate. Absorbed and desperate inside your lie. Clambered validation fending loneliness has taken all your time. I’m sick of seeing you waste it. I’m tired of begging for light. I don’t want to be your crying shoulder tonight. I hope you know that I hate it. I hope you know that it’s wrong. And I don’t want to see you when you’re passed out, so far gone.
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Once Bitten
04:13
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Say what’s on your mind, while I say nothing at all. I don’t feel very friendly. I tread lightly through your halls. I passed up your anger. Morality flawed. And now I feel like a stranger. I don’t feel any love at all. Would you listen? Because I’ve been trying to speak with reason. And I’ve been trying to show you truth. But is that really what you want at all? And while I’m trying to be better, are you holding up your end? Because I don’t think you are. Feel the light. Oh how can you say it’s wrong? I have always shown you that you belong. Selfless in tongue but you take what you want. The rocks that you’ve thrown, avoiding your own. Fearful suppression flourished my aggression. I’m not going to hold. I wont anymore. I’m scared of being alone, but I don’t buy this unconditional tone. Can’t defy you. A cycle of fear and control. You can say anything, but would you listen to me at all?
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Twice Shy
02:52
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Backyard
04:12
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Lay me down in the backyard. Like I always knew that I should be. And hold me down in the front yard, because I don’t always do what I believe. I hope you’ll find me. Stand up bold. Give up your scars. Let beauty and hope consume your pain. Hold on hope, you’re not that far. Be another you another day. I hope you’ll find me. Help me I’ve been trying to make it back from where I tried to be alone again. I could never be alone again. A home again.
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Contrition
05:12
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I wish I told you that I’m sorry. I dragged it out. I waited until the end. You were selfless but I welcomed open arms with cruel indifference. I was quiet, withdrawn, cold, and distant. All I want is to say, I know I’m not your problem, but I’m sorry for me now. And all I feel is the same pain that I know I caused you. I’m sorry for me now. I’ll atone. I want to be a better man for you, and for everyone. Because I hate to say I’m sorry for my heart, but I’m sorry for my heart. And I don’t expect you to give me any more chances. I wish I could find out how to show you that I mean it either way. Because I lost your faith in everything I thought I would.
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The Warmth
06:45
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Persevere through debris. Help me rebuild consistency. Exposing all the wounds I need to feel. I want to heal. I want to learn to trust again. To open up to let you in. I want it. Because I know that you would understand. A genuine attempt at helping me to mend. I can feel the warmth inside your heart. I was scared to be so vulnerable, because you wouldn’t like what you would see. Or do I take myself to seriously? I think I’m stubborn to forgive myself but I can learn to live. Because I’m trusting in your patience and I know you’ll help me see this straight again. Maybe I’m a better person and I’m not deserving of how I repent. The world could crash, take everything. Yeah I could be alone, but I can make it. Endure the past. Pursue relief. I’ll never be alone, yeah I can make it. All alone I’m wrecked without a way to cope. Speak with truth and show me I’m alright. Give me hope. Don’t let me run off in fear and defeat. Everything here is still more than I need. Because I’ve never been the one to say I’ll take it if you told me you were willing to give help. And if I ever had a need for sentiment I wouldn’t tell. I don’t feel alone anymore. Fend off the shadows of the things you used to be.
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Whale Bones Indianapolis, Indiana
Indie/Alternative Band from Indianapolis, IN seeking beauty
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