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where the beginnings end
03:48
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cigarettes in the summertime,
bonfires & roaring minds
your porch & your mothers chimes:
the life that i've left behind
i think now, all the time,
of what my life would look like
if i had said 'yes' that night
but i did what i thought was right
i know where the sidewalks & beginnings end
i've seen the truth bloom, & then bend
i've watched the sunrise burn, & then mend
i know where the sidewalks & beginnings end
treehouses & dinosaur graphs
your rolling eyes & your laugh
& all the things we would have had
they recur in dreams that fade too fast
i know where the sidewalks & beginnings end
i've seen the truth bloom, & then bend
i've watched the sunrise burn, & then mend
i know where the sidewalks & beginnings end
breathing steam, we breathe in deep
a dance of moondreams & falling leaves
breathing steam, we breathe in deep
& i don't know how i could let you go
i think now, all the time,
of what my life would look like
if i had said 'yes' that night
but i did what i thought was right
i know where the sidewalks & beginnings end
i've seen the truth bloom, & then bend
i've watched the sunrise burn, & then mend
i know where the sidewalks & beginnings end
breathing steam, we breathe in deep
a dance of moondreams & falling leaves
breathing steam, we breathe in deep
& i don't know why i let you go
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our moon
02:48
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our life at night
is colored in by
starlight, moonshine,
the palette of the sky
so i'll oblige
your wish for a rocketship
so heaviness will lift
& we will find
our truth, on our moon
i know we'll be there soon
in dreams that we see
while we talk in our sleep
as we wander & wonder aloud
we're alone in our headspace now
watching the world spin around
like a film reel coming unwound
& all your desires are mine
& everything i am you'll find
was meant to be made for you
'cause you're my living proof
that the dreams we dream improve
when we meet & cheat the truth
conspiring to always live
in a dreamworld just like this
painting the sky in our minds
it's a constellation in our eyes
so when we look up we'll find
a map to our moon, our life
so i'll oblige
& you'll be my princess bride
& we'll fight bad guys
side by side for all time
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out here on our porch
we light ourselves a torch
& as the smoke gets in our eyes
we smile & we cry
but it's a happy cry,
it's a happy cry
it's a happy cry
& the ocean's in your eyes
in your eyes,
in your eyes
in your eyes
there's an ocean in your eyes
her open ocean eyes
illuminate the night
& pull me like the tide
with celestial light
my satellite
my satellite
my satellite
she pulls me like the tide
with her eyes
with her eyes
with her eyes
she pulls me like the tide
with her open ocean eyes
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blind
03:35
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& i know that the truth ain't a loan
but i'll give you back all i owe
i've built some wings so i can fly to you
i'll be there soon, this time it's true
i'm close to the sun (look up)
& i'll go blind
with you on my mind
somewhere deep inside of me
a memory unlocks a mystery
the less i do, the more it proves
feels backwards, but you swear it's true
i'm close to the sun (look up)
& i'll go blind
with you on my mind
i'm hearing voices, god,
the past is so noisy
gimme back my choices &
i swear that i'll avoid this
present i'm gifted with,
a path to another dead end
low as i've ever been,
got no one to share with
can't find my future route
i fear it's been washed out
just me & the voices now,
it's just me & the voices
& i'll go blind,
with you on my mind
& i know that the truth ain't a loan
yeah i know because i'm broke & alone
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lilac & cherry wine,
a candle & a cup
sunshine in the afternoon,
daydreaming of us
your raspberry cheesecake hair
oh, you were delicious
so we're driving ninety now
south down eighty one
pick any exit now, & we'll just drive around
as you're getting high in the backseat
smoke fills my eyes & i can't see
your laugh, that sacred sound
oh, it just breaks me down
you break me down
so tell me your favorite line
by oscar wilde
so me your teeth, say cheese
that lovely funny smile
oh, we should never sleep
she says, the summer stretches for miles
'the truth is rarely pure, & never simple'
but under the sheets we'd see
the wonders of the deep
& it all made sense back then
because we were innocent
& now everything else that's been
is just a measurement
of how deep you can dive, & still survive
how deep can you deep, & still survive?
& with baited breaths we
explore our depth & see
a dream of centuries
buried beneath
that summer that we spent
sharing whiskey & cigarettes
following the night as it led
us to our moon
where the jukebox is full
of cherry bombs & you stole
my heart is on the floor
singing the encore
in this dream of centuries
time's past enough for me
to kiss you on the cheek
& say i'm sorry
for everything i did
i was an idiot
but you put your hand on my lips
& you say it's okay
in this dream of centuries
time lasts as long as we need
so let go the past & we'll be
the king & queen
forever & after here
take my hand now dear
let's find those better years
where love is enough
in this dream of centuries
time lasts as long as we need
so we can make new memories
while we're asleep
lilac & cherry wine,
a candle & a cup
daydreaming of us
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blackbird
02:23
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as i'm skipping stones
all alone
a blackbird with
purple wings
sings
of rippled things
& i hear her voice
just like white noise
she's whispering
in the wind
the blackbird with
purple wings
sings
of rippled things
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7. |
sight unseen
03:57
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as the time passed
& the wine didn't last
we got drunk on
promises (promises, promises)
now our eyelids
too heavy to lift
fall & we drift
together to dreams
you live behind my eyelids
you're the light in my iris
you're a distant wave
dancing in place
& i wish i could
pull you to the sand
you're a shooting star
you're a heart shaped scar
my memories thunder
i wish & wonder
you live behind my eyelids
you're the light in my iris
the night is still now
my mind is spilling how
the falling stars & leaves
are dead things that carry our dreams
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still & spilling
02:50
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you looked at me, then at your shoes
while i saw my shoes, then i saw you
& this far on i still remember,
this far back
awkwardly we fell but we caught each other
certain that from here on out there'd be no other
than each other in our lives
& yeah you know i know you know
that falling takes some getting up
so let's get on & on & up & up
because we're falling, yeah
we're falling, oh, we were falling in love
& this far on i still remember,
this far back
& i saw everything that i wanted once,
but i closed my eyes, once
now it's wintertime, in my head
& you are smiling at me, in my head
& we're sharing a blanket, watching 'toy story 2'
holding hands, i'm holding you
your brown eyes bouncing, & your curls, too
we laugh in wonder, hearts like thunder
this is all i want & it always will be
how could i be too blind to see it
now this dream will end, & this song will, too
so let me say this quick, just for you:
we were everything that i wanted & more than once
i've wondered what might have been for me & you
& i'm sorry that i turned away from our truth
i'm sorry i turned from you
cuz i saw everything that i wanted once,
but i closed my eyes, once
you're the wind coming in
on a cloudless summer day
you're the rhythm of the rain,
gently falling, while i dream
you're a champagne sunset filling
the sky & life with wonder & light
you're a slow dance in the afternoon,
with our first 'i love yous' coming soon
the fact that you aren't fiction is enough
to make me believe in anything, all over again
like maybe somehow this doesn't have to end
& i can say that i wanna stay
back on the day that i went away
but i left & now all that's left is how
i still feel for you...
cuz i saw everything that i wanted once,
but i closed my eyes, once
now i see everything i wanted, all at once,
& my eyes are opened up
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she's curled up in her arms, & in her blues
with her burdened back facing you
there's nothing left to say, & nothing to do
as the dawns breaks, you know, so will you
now i keep my eyes open, & i keep my mouth shut
as i wish on the shooting stars that she used to love
the ones that i could never see
the ones we laid beneath, under the empty trees
& she said, please, remember me
in this moondream & in these fallen leaves
& she said, please, remember me
in this moondream & in these fallen leaves
in her corduroy pants, & with both hands
around her lilac mug of bengal tea
she sings a bookstore rhapsody
& our shadows dance along, with the steam
& she said, please, remember me
i'll stay here in our melody
& she said, please, remember me
& i'll sing with you, in your dreams
& she said, please, remember me
in this moondream & in these fallen leaves
oh this moondream & these falling leaves
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shadows & steam
01:17
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12. |
that autumn
03:36
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we found each other as the air turned crisp
but the falling leaves were of significance
oh, that autumn, we'd feel it all
we laughed in wonder, wandered on & on
singing songs from the book of love
oh, the mystery of how we got lost
now hear in the hush of what once was
there's a deafening brilliance: the potential 'us'
& all we could be still lingers above
the bourbon burns, & my stomach turns
& yet my heart, it still endures
but for the memory of her
the crash hit hard, & those vibrations
they still wake me, take my breath away
as the past conspires to always shake me
she appears beside me, here in my dream
& she whispers sweetly, 'we can always meet,
if you only, truly, believe...
so come with me now, let's walk to the sea'
as we breathe the ocean air in deep
an autumn breeze breaks this summer heat
& suddenly, a wave of peace
we exhale & we are free
there's peace in knowing that her life still glows
just like the moonbeams we laid beneath
oh, that autumn, when we were in love
oh, that autumn, when we were us
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13. |
where the endings begin
01:01
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i know where the sidewalks & beginnings end
i've seen the truth bloom, & then bend
i've watched the sunrise burn, & then mend
i know where the sidewalks & beginnings end
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zach chase Syracuse, New York
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