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Loose Ends
02:01
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Some days, it's a social tug of war
where my hands are still burning from before
as the rope begins to fray,
and I'm stuck here holding
Loose ends,
older faces fading off, try again
but the feeling's almost gone
it's just easier to say
it was nothing, anyway
Loose ends,
Older faces I forgot, try again
but the feeling's almost gone
it's just easier to say
it was nothing, anyway
I commend those who've managed to stay close,
and I forgive every silent adios
I'm not taking it to heart, I just hope
it's getting better where you are
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The Dam
03:29
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Can I trust myself these days?
So many times, the path has changed
now overgrown with no map of which way
leads to the end of this old maze
there's always something left to say
but sometimes it just gets away from me
The alarm clock you can't escape
That seems to magnify the weight
A restless heart, now changing shape
Yet always bent on worrying
Kindness fears the darkness, too
but it's not present in this room, right now
Maybe I lose track of time,
and fall asleep too early most nights
Miss out on the moments I could love you the most,
I hope where I've landed at least got me close
Every night, the cracks get so wide
an abandoned phone calls to you to decide
to open the floodgate, wash out what's below
or keep all the pressure
just pray that it holds
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Friction
03:23
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Nothing clearer than the ending,
washed up out by the roadside
I saw the whole world unravel, in your eyes
There's too much at stake, if this is a mistake
the memories flash in your eyes as we pace
you reach a decision, you don't have to make right now
your cigarettes, lighter, I'll be right down
This is just an expression, of every lesson
that's shown me how life's more complex than a question
it's a battle that alone, you'd lose in a second
so don't be afraid to reach out
I just wish you'd believe me, we're mixing messages
and not in a place for this now
There's too much at stake, the fear is too great
in a place where the trees grow together in shapes,
like twisted up memories of mistakes we made
just a spark from the friction, a forest in flames
and you've left the clearing, the smoke's in my face
but I keep on breathing, controlled by this feeling,
and focused on healing, but time can't erase this now
Looking out at the rooftops across the street,
I saw life in the patterns the shingles leave
the weight of this air in my lungs, is heavier than my speech
A sense of peace inside I could not believe,
I felt one with the earth lying beneath me
and it meant the world, to pretend we never had to leave
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Debt
03:34
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In debt to tomorrow, for a promise of today
another cycle of spending impossible to repay
please forgive these loans taken out in my body's name
the magniute of the interest compounding eternally,
it's just too much for me
the burning eternal weight
You pay back the hours, at least you can say you tried
to resist the urge, to pick it back up
slowly burn out your mind
finding it harder to escape, even when there are so many ways
but beneath you, the ground's worn out now
the paths don't feel the same
it's just too much for me
the burning eternal weight
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The Flood
04:38
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Losing daylight,
the darkness moves in, on us
from both sides
We're living between streetlights,
and every time I check there's another storm
about to arrive
Don't you hear it pouring?
It's up to your knees outside
you're instinct takes you someplace high and dry
But the mind's an ocean,
you're drowning on the inside
who'll save you from the flood this time?
Another leaf,
Changing color only to fall from the tree,
where it was so beautiful
high up, where we could see,
and now it's torn under a bootprint, cold and muddy
With the thunder roaring,
they're lining up side by side
All aboard in pairs, two of a kind
You think you've found your shelter,
but your soul's caught in the tide
they'd save you from the flood,
but you're the only one of your kind
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Before the last ember dies out forever
Before you ask, I can barely remember
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Best Of Times
03:05
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Maybe that was the life for us,
When everything seemed so small
but now the world's opened up,
I hope you get to see it all
We thought we were busy then,
how foolish that must sound
to think you'd keep up with everything,
all the way till now
I've got a lot of blurry memories I can't place,
but remember making sure we got home safe
oh I know, always the best of times
Out of all the passerbys who've entered my head,
there's a few left still who i'll take with me to the end
no matter how many years go by
Now maybe you're around the world, or in a new state
but there's nothing you'd ever need to explain,
cause I know you're just living your own best life
And maybe there's a few more steps left in these legs,
but the sun dips down, the peak seems so far away
I guess all I can do is climb
I've got a lot of blurry memories I can't place,
It's a heavy fog, I could get lost for days
but I know, it was always the best of times
Out of all the passerbys who've lived in my brain,
oh you'll always be welcome back to stay,
and I hope we can make up for that lost time
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Snowfall
03:00
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I was looking down, as the snow fell to the ground
and the trees froze over, and you came closer
My only thoughts, are soft as the echo of footprints on a cloud
But I still hope that you're around to hear them all
It feels lighter now, some life is barely peeking out
and the sun reached over, to my cold shoulder
But winter's gone, it's all warming up now
the earth's starting to thaw,
so why am I wishing for the snowfall?
Isn't it all so beautiful?
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Oil Lanterns
02:27
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Riding through neighborhood streets,
All the freedom that you seek,
Golden spotlights line the sidewalk tiles beneath
Forever
Gazing out your window pane,
The evening colors steal your breath away,
So step out on to the fire escape with me
Forever
From the front porch you could call the start,
to the attic spaces, and basement bars
even at this age we still can't see far,
but oil lanterns in our hearts
will burn, forever
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