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Sea of Memories
03:04
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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
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Burn You Out
04:32
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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
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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?
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Apple
04:08
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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
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The Dreamer (For G)
04:24
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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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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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