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Everything I Remember
03:41
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I remember you and I
Trading glances under train station light
I tried to act like I was fine
And I wondered if it rained all the time
That night we wept
In beds that never slept
And hope arrived all dressed in red
I remember when you you said
That we’d never sleep if the the sun never sets
And I don’t remember whatever happened next
But I remember we drank from the earth
And bled into the dirt
Hope was on her way but death came first
I watched and I waited as it all came down
I shared with you the scraps of love I’d found.
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Merciful Saints
02:57
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Angels fallen by the wayside
Won’t exonerate me.
Disintegrate me.
And the merciful saints, they try
But I don’t deserve it
Sink into the night
Give in to the pull of the undercurrent
Feel a faint tremor
And say goodbye
These bullets by my bedside
Won’t vindicate me.
Exterminate me.
The patron saint of late replies
I wait
And finally, they let me breathe
In the deep waters of sleep.
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3. |
Human Shield
04:58
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Human Shield, I don’t want you to die
But I can’t let you out of my sight
If you can, keep them away
And stop me from saying anything I might say
Human Shield, keep me in mind
When you’re lying cold and alone in a chalk outline.
Do you know what I’m fighting for?
Do you know who you’re dying for?
I’ve found what I love
I won’t set it free
Human Shield, be the death of me.
Human Shield, do you feel the pain?
Take these bullets again and again
If you can, protect me from myself
We both have secrets we’ll never ever tell
Human Shield, when you called it love
I was so ashamed of all the blood.
Abandonment, it beckons.
Take these bullets again and again.
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4. |
After Dark
04:41
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They’re burned at the edges
All the letters I kept
And the ones who have left
Have defined me best:
A vacant space
An empty vase
Blood that dries and leaves no trace
Does it rain where you are?
Can you stay out after dark?
I don’t fear the flood
But I’m afraid of the shapes I find in the dark
I tell myself: there’s no such thing.
It’s all a lie.
It’ll be alright.
It’s just a temporary absence of the light.
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5. |
Jaw Ache
03:39
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Sometimes the way we shift and collide
Sometimes the way we take up such little space
It’s so sad the way I shake in the wind
Let’s leave this place
Where time’s outstretched, gnarled and twisting
Make a run for the door
There’s an aching in my jaw
Let the skeletons loose with their sawtooth smiles
I can’t be here anymore
But why would I ever want to leave?
Sometimes the way we find the strength
Sometimes in the way we lose it all again
It’s so sad the way we shake in the wind
They’re on their way
And time’s outstretched, gnarled and twisting
It’s a long way down
Can you brave it
When the shapes shift?
I don’t want to leave
I don’t want to sway between.
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6. |
All This Time
04:27
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Pulled from sleep by a punchline
To know what it takes to survive
Viewing the world at a tilt
And beginning to find
That I can’t contain all this time
At the bottom of the sea
Swimming in circles
And in my dreams
From the bottom of the sea
They call for me
Trying to feel again a feeling I can’t describe
To know what it means to survive
So much known but never felt
And beginning to find
That I can’t contain all this time
This time might be the time
I remember all this time.
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7. |
Night Vision
04:07
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Shivering, frozen in the silver moonlight
I wanted to wander, to stargaze all night
But you thought it was best
To let them go
And follow broken lines home
I’m trying to stand far back enough to view it
I’ll adjust the focus and frame everything to fit
You tried to see the sunny side
When I put the moon in everything
Wintering, woken in the golden twilight
I wanted to remember, to hold on tight
But you thought it was best
To let them go
You said I should let them go
And you said that
Everything is exactly as it should be
And everyone is perfect.
It’s just difficult to see sometimes.
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Close In Melbourne, Australia
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