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The Dreamer EP

by Romanus

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1.
it was like flying, flying to touch the broken stones and say sift it, sift it let the memories fade away find a better place for them to stay it was like dying, dying reborn on a saturday to lift it, lift it holding up the pieces of the game to show that it'll be okay and I never thought, and I never knew that one can hold the sky, if one only chooses to and when you dream, you move in a sea of memories follow them to bring yourself back to you it was like breathing, breathing fresh air on an autumn day with lungs filled, not left still a spell to help me push the pain away find a better place for it to stay it felt like living, living not holding onto yesterday the broken pieces of a life not meant for me anyway I think that I might be okay and I wouldn't change, so I never grew and I couldn't touch the sky 'cause I didn't want me to but if you dream, you move in a sea of memories keep the ones that lead you to the best of you the pain you hide could never be the real you
2.
Burn You Out 04:32
you'd better run, you'd better run 'cause I am on your heels I am a bullet in a gun and it's aimed at you a better man would let you live with what you did, but you'd better run, you'd better run 'cause you won't let me heal your hands in my hair, why would you say it felt so nice? why would you always touch my face, my heart, my mind? was there some glory promised if you took me in alive? I would've trusted you with my entire life but I'll set a fire on the floor of your house I will burn you out 'cause what a cruel thing to make me think it's not love if it's worship so I'll burn you out and oh what was your goal with this? why did you want to make me feel at home? I was dreaming days and nights for this dreaming of a sunset kiss why did you want to make me feel alone? you'd better run, you'd better run this isn't time to play bored and tricky jester I should've laughed you far away now in the end you've lost me did you know you had me from the start? but you never needed me or my lonely heart your hands in my hair, why would you say it felt so nice? why would you always touch my face, my heart, my mind? was there some glory promised if you took me in alive? I would've trusted you with my entire life but I'll set a fire on the floor of your house I will burn you out 'cause what a cruel thing to make me think it's not love if it's worship so I'll burn you out I'll burn you out, oh I will burn you out and they warned me they said "he's playing you for laughs" they warned me they said "he doesn't want you back" but I let myself give in harder than a spinal crack and I know he's still laughing but I'm not laughing back, oh I'm not laughing back but I'll set a fire on the floor of your house I will burn you out 'cause what a cruel thing to make me think it's not love if it's worship so I'll burn you out and oh what was your goal with this? why did you want to make me feel at home? I was dreaming days and nights for this dreaming of a sunset kiss why did you want to make me feel alone? oh I'll set a fire on the floor of your house I will burn you out
3.
My life goes on in endless song Above earth´s lamentations, I hear the real, though far-off hymn That hails a new creation. No storm can shake my inmost calm, While to that rock I´m clinging. Since love is lord of heaven and earth How can I keep from singing? Although the tempest loudly roars, I hear the truth, it liveth. Bot though the darkness 'round me close, Songs in the night it giveth. No storm can shake my inmost calm While to that rock I'm clinging; Since love is lord of heaven and earth, How can I keep from singing?
4.
Apple 04:08
open me now, or I stay closed forever open me now, before I never speak again saying goodbye to the chance of being better telling all my friends that I'm fine, it's just the weather there is an apple on the tree inside my mind bite it for me, tell me please, what am I trying to hide is it a photograph of when the world was new? is it a little piece I'm missing of the space 'tween one and two? be like the summer breeze that I so sorely need be like an aspen tree that bends and never breaks be like the birds on high that fly out on the sea be like the air in the space between you and me and I will be your apple be your apple I will be your apple be your apple bite me when you can tell me what you see is it what you want? tell me what I need to be your apple be your apple I will be lead me on now, or I stay still forever lead me on now before I never move again trick me into going somewhere I can get better tell me I'll be fine in the end, it's just the weather there is a stranger on the corner of the street look at him and look at me and tell me what you see is it how we are different or do we look the same? is it 'cause he is unafraid to show the teardrops on his face? be like the summer breeze that I so sorely need be like an aspen tree that bends and never breaks be like the birds on high that fly out on the sea be like the air in the space between you and me and I will be your apple be your apple I will be your apple be your apple bite me when you can tell me what you see is it what you want? tell me what I need to be your apple be your apple I will be your apple and I will be your apple be your apple I will be your apple be your apple bite me when you can tell me what you see is it what you want? tell me what I need to be your apple be your apple I will be be your apple be your apple
5.
when I tried to wake up all I saw was you and you said to never make myself feel smaller for you and I asked you why and you said "why not?" and I felt my heart start something I had no plans to stop I'm not so ready for love that I'd leave my dreams for the life above but if you keep talking like that, would I? so you know that love's a liar but we're the ones on fire is it like you to flee before goodbye? so I will see you in my dreams and I will wait for you to come to me and convince me I'm not so much better by myself can you see that I'm trapped here, alone inside myself? stand up, it's getting loud wake up, hear that sound my sleeping heart, calling out to you flowers, blooming out in fractals, rainbow spirals and forget-me-nots, shining blue wake me up, so I can run to you please wake me up, so I can run to you now we're in the morning and I'm wide awake and it's churning in my stomach, all the things I can't say like "this is scary," and "I'm so afraid" you're so deep in my heart it'd tear if you pulled away I know I'm never enough and that I'm so unlucky in love but if you keep talking like that, am I? I just want you to say it back 'cause if it's not there, then I'm the lack I'm selfish, I want you to be all mine so I will see you in my dreams and I will wait for you to come to me you've convinced me I'm not so much better by myself can you see that I'm trapped here, alone inside myself? stand up, it's getting loud wake up, hear that sound my sleeping heart, calling out to you flowers, blooming out in fractals, rainbow spirals and forget-me-nots, shining blue wake me up, so I can run to you please wake me up, so I can run to you better days, better days you give me better days the dreamer wakes to a dreamlike gaze I'd die to touch your face and I never have the words to describe how much good you've brought into my life but if there's one thing that I can say it's that my love for you grows day by day hey, babe, my darling, my handsome man you are the reason I've found to stand 'cause I saw you in my dreams and I waited for you to come to me you've convinced me I'm not so much better by myself you saw that I'm trapped here, alone inside myself stand up, it's getting loud wake up, hear that sound my sleeping heart, calling out to you flowers, blooming out in fractals, rainbow spirals and forget-me-nots, shining blue wake me up, so I can run to you please wake me up, so I can run to you the dreamer wakes to a dreamlike gaze I'd die to touch your face

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when you dream you move in a sea of memories // follow them to lead yourself back to you

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released December 18, 2020

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Romanus Boston, Massachusetts

I make a somewhat messy chimera of bedroom pop/chamber pop/alternative/folktronica. Hope it makes you feel something. I also make music with my sibling under the name Charlemagne's Angels, check us out!

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