1. |
Always Autumn
03:22
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It may be awkward and slow
but that tree might grow
if you'd leave it on it's own
finding balance again
step out on the limb
what if the branch breaks?
what then?
Honestly, inside, I'd rather not go
If that's alright
everything we've tried
all my alibis
side by side
That voice may be small
but it takes up so much space
and wipes the smile off my face
you carry the weight
but I know that can't be fair
I'm not a cross for you to bear
Misery's a place
And everyone is here
I'm just having a day
a month
a year
My time won't run
it's always autumn
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2. |
Homunculus
04:08
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I bet it kills you slowly
To fall apart like that.
No magic here,
Just a rabbit in a hat.
Is it all you wanted?
Is it all you need?
I know you'd never say,
But honestly:
What did you lose for me?
Was it only all your love?
Is the quiet quite enough?
That must hurt.
I hope you're doing fine though.
I bet your coast is clear.
And I bet you love
All that honey in your ear.
Because I've been to that place
And I know that rain.
It all makes perfect sense
Until I think:
What could the cost have been?
Was it only all your love?
Is the quiet quite enough?
Does it hurt?
Yeah!
Was it only all your love?
Is the quiet not quite enough?
Was it only all your love?
Is the quiet quite enough?
Does it hurt?
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3. |
Rabbit's Foot
05:07
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Is it difficult to think about
or impossible to say
Just how much you reply upon
That lucky rabbits foot
as you turn grey
We're getting caught in all your little rituals
when they don't give you peace of mind
you made your bed, don't hide under it
Break the mirror and we'll be just fine
There's far too many ghosts
They hold the keys and all the chains
And you invite them to stay
It's a temporary loss
look what you stand to gain
If it makes you feel better
This is all there is.
And then in the blink of an eye
You won't know how and can't know when.
If it makes you feel better
You can wear me 'round your neck
Amateur dream-catcher
Let's put the ghosts to bed
And sleep instead
Always crowded with no one else in the room
I never doubted that they haunt you
No way around it:
You're in the thick of it
And I know it feels like nobody understands
But I do.
You rounded up their bones
And built yourself a cage
Threw the key away
We're exactly who we are
We're not who we've always been.
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4. |
Endlings
04:43
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The water runs,
The seasons come,
But the compass will not read true.
The pathway is seldom straight,
And often narrow.
We could be alone.
The only ones who know.
You trust in me
To keep all you hold close
And promise you
It's the best I could do
Be with me.
We'll find our peace
Then we'll sleep for a hundred years
under the roots of the apple tree
Where you won't hear me.
We'll never age
And we'll push all the clouds away,
And we'll bloom until
All above is safe
And when we wake:
We'll find a place.
I will figure this out soon,
As long as there's air to breath,
As long as it's just me and you.
Just us two.
To be the last
Of a dying breed.
Be my Endling.
Stay
So close to me
And be my Endling.
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5. |
Silver
03:24
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Know change,
And know it's happening
When you gilded everything
We died and made you king
The center of the universe
At the bottom of the world
We're incapable of hanging on
If there's nothing left to hold
Is it time to cut the cord
and let me fall?
Is everything I do so insurmountable?
Is it time to close the door?
Won't you let me know:
Am I any more awful than before?
'Cause if so:
Wrap me up in silver
and let this go
Where it always goes
Wrap me up in silver
Won't you let this go
Where it always goes?
Detach for a minute
but keep a close eye on the time
While I stumble in the dark
For all the pieces that I'm never meant to find
And I underwhelm so easily
And our roles never reverse
If I knew just what road brought me here
Would it make this long walk worse?
Tell me how you feel
And I'll feel everything at once
Show me what you see
And I'll see
Just put me down
Put me in my place
Cut off your nose and spite your face
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6. |
Maze
03:23
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Oh! Un-summitable peak
Seeming always out of reach
and it's just not worth my time
The mountaintop
You're climbing up
Is far away from mine
Set the smallest broken bone
Let the moment be bygone
Can we suture this divide?
The impetus
Inside me
Difficult to find.
Is it just me?
Are we running round in circles?
Mice in a maze
Do you know which one of us is chasing?
Is it just me?
Are we pushing water uphill?
Just leave it be
Cause you know we're better being lonely.
No divining what's to come
or judging what's been done
There's not another life
The ideal place
The ideal time
But pathways misaligned
Make our peace with it
Why are we so scared to admit?
We're lying to ourselves
No push above
Or pull below
Is on it's way to help
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7. |
Harbour
04:44
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When it rains, it pours
but our heads above the line
and always with eyes on
those little horizons
Who knows where you might go
or what you might find
but I could be your north
cause god knows you're mine
There's nothing behind the sun
There's nowhere beyond the sea
when you're tired of breaking down
just pick up your bones, and swim to me
For if it all goes wrong
and the world outside's so big
and it's all around you
you don't know what to do with it
I'll be where you call "home"
Though that always seemed so far
but love's not a lighthouse
It's a harbour
There's nothing behind the sun
There's nowhere beyond the sea, it's true
when I'm tired of breaking down
I'll just pack up my bones, and swim to you
I'll just pack up my bones, and swim
And I'm begging you summer
come barreling into both of my eyes
that dream was a nightmare
holding us tightly by the hair while we're sleeping
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8. |
Beholder
05:10
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The mantle's come to cloak us both
and make us old
it envelops completely
So we can't hide
Our fountain years have long since passed
the moments gone
But we drink deep from the well inside
The unanswered question
The failed delivery
The word on your tongue's short tip
It's a sin
But we let it happen.
Not again
We follow the pattern
Thought we promised?
Eternal youth is overdue
But at least we know
We shouldn't enable
What we know is wrong
The road spells hurt, and this might not work
But we have to try
Nail our colours and nurture
The side we're on
What now?
Plant the flower
Though we may not see the bloom
It's not for us, like it once was
We're all ossifying
But that comes slow
So we beg the garden "grow!"
Seek truth in the flourish
And make a promise to ourselves
To be virtuous, not tumultuous
Enrapture all who held our hands
When we learned to stand
Let's make safe
Our floodgates
And let all the light in
Take our place
In beauty
Become the beholder
Redefine what's righteous
We're not meant to squander
The years we have
Try to be better
Instead of just "older".
Become the beholder
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9. |
Nevernear
04:46
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I know I carved the path
But I'm far too scared to go
And I know that we should talk
But the words stick in my throat
It's always like this,
Too quick to upset
I'm not helping
Shrinking violet
We uprooted
I'll admit it
I guess I've always known
Never been enough
In love, or not
Quietly distant
Have we always known?
We'll never find that missing piece
Or come to terms with what that means.
I wish you saw me in the clear
Circle the square, I'm always here.
But never near.
My heart followed you home.
We got lost along the way.
A thousand breaths I'm owed.
They were never yours to take.
Little tiptoes.
Sea of eggshells.
I'll come running through to your room
And never ask you:
Did you always know?
"Never"
Have we always known?
We'll never find that missing piece
Or come to terms with what that means.
I wish you saw me in the clear
Circle the square, I'm always here.
But never near.
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10. |
Every Thing
05:48
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What's holding you down?
Is it endless endings, or always pretending that
you'll be alright come the morning?
It doesn't have to be true
Remember there's good
If you'd only look
Relinquish the weight you've been holding.
At the end of it all
Everything's not so awful.
At the rise and the fall.
Our slow dance with the day light
At the end of it all
Every thing must go.
Day by day we fall apart
but tomorrow arrives, protest all you like
as if the sun only rose just to spite you
It's not the end of the world
Although it feels like it should be
But the grass will still grow
above or below me
I promise you.
We are all that we have
Sticks and stones
Blood and bone
and some time.
We are all that we have
We are all that we have
And that's all
Y'know
At the end of it all
Everything's not so awful.
At the rise and the fall.
Our slow dance with the day light
At the end of it all:
Every Thing...
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