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Letters
03:55
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This is an open letter for anyone who thinks it concerns them
‘I only ever had good intentions, I’m trying to do the right thing’
I only ever wanted to be honest I feel constantly misheard
So now I’m thinking I shouldn’t say a word
I don’t want any problems with anyone
Our lives are just too pretty look at the sun
It rises every day its watching us change
Listen to me when I’m saying sorry for being that way
Friendship groups blur into one now
See me as your equal somehow
Is my humility enough?
I hope you feel a little love
Now I am my room,
Dull and boring just for you
From green to grey I feel dark blue,
Fazed Out and Faded just for you
I am a snow globe shake me up when you get bored
Watch me swirl round then watch me fall
Get drunk and smash me up on the floor
I don't even care at all
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Love Anyone
03:22
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Say you don’t want me I won’t cross that line
Let me down easy, taking your time
I think I’m opening my eyes to a different kind of light
There's so much wrong with the world but there's so much that is right
Isn’t it amazing how we can love anyone?
We are all just star dust wanting to belong
Open your heart and mind listen to Earths song
I feel my spirit lift and I know that I’m at one with it all
I wish you could see these things the way that I do
They say that it takes some time to heal all of your wounds
I was constantly saying sorry for the way I used to be
My sense was overridden with uncertainty
Tell me, how does it feel when you know that you don’t want me?
Tell me, how does it feel not knowing what you want?
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What A Year
02:29
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The shortest day; the heaviest weight
Everyday I saturate
It's a game I don't really want to play
Wish more luck would swing my way
I am so involved in those 10 hours
But if I saw you out...
The threads in my cheeks are pulled tight and the birds are singing in the Christmas Eve light
The threads in my cheeks are pulled tight into a smile and the birds are singing in the Christmas Eve light
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I Have Been Nurturing
02:31
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I used to love getting off in the summer heat
Then nap and walk along the dusty sunny streets
In the cool afternoons in the fading light
Start again, nurturing new life
Am I the ghost that walks the walls of this house?
When I look in the mirror I see an alternate perception of myself
Have I been put on a shelf?
All thats waiting for me is waiting outside
When I was seventeen I painted my ceiling blue like the sky
And now I can’t decide if I’ve taken control of my life
Or if I’m letting it slip by
Should I call it lucky or my time running out?
Either way, I’m just too sleepy to try and figure it out...
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Fresh Air
03:37
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I always find myself on rooftops when I need some room to breathe
The demand of heavy adults days are taking their toll on me.
I remember roaming the country feeling young and wild and free
And painting my ceiling blue like the sky when I was 17
All these songs bring me to life
And I run but I can't hide
From the most intricate of feelings that are blooming deep inside
Maybe I'll stay this way forever if I don't try
So I packed my bags and tried to cheer up
So many ghosts I had to give up
Somehow their transparency was weighing me down
My favourite thing about you is the sound of your voice
But when you open your mouth all I hear is white noise
All these songs bring me to life
And I run but I can't hide
From the most intricate of feelings that are blooming deep inside
Maybe I'll stay this way forever if I don't try
I am the light
I move along with it inside of me
I'll colour you in my candour
Honestly...
You're the fresh air that my lungs so badly need to breathe
Please try to see the best in me
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If I'm Dreaming
03:09
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You said 'lets stay in touch'
You don't
But it don't matter much
You're throwing it all away
For things you are too afraid to say
You know, we could meet up again on that boat going nowhere
The sun shines through the rain drops, you pour your champagne
And I say 'I this is it, this is all I've ever wanted'
If I'm dreaming, please don't wake me up just yet
Fortune teller tell me where my troubles began
Tell me all my history from the lines on my hands
I've given up on making all of those amends
Its not that I don't care, I've just lost the light from my head.
I've got to confess
I've been such a mess
Pouring out my head
The things I wish you said
The sunshine
The morning light
Flooding my brain
A softly sinking feeling that I won't make it through another day...
You know, we could get drunk again on that boat going nowhere
The sun shines through the rain drops, and you throw your champagne
And I say 'I this is it, this is all I've ever wanted'
If I'm dreaming, please don't wake me up
If I'm dreaming, please don't wake me up
If I'm dreaming, please don't wake me up just yet
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Yours, Miserably
01:07
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I'm yours, miserably
I'm barely breathing
Is this the way you see me, scathing sweetly?
I see patterns in nature and shapes in the sky
Isn’t it strange that I want to die?
There's so much we can’t understand
That we’re not built to comprehend
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Placebo
02:38
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You were the one that I wanted for so long but I always denied it
Now I’m cracking under the pressure
Because you’re finding your way in
Now I’m losing it
It will take some time
But i'll be fine
You let me down for the last time tonight
Oh how I wanted to be the one that you always needed
I was dying to be it
I see your lines, and I see your lies
I see through all of it
I felt miserable for so long but I always hid it
The smile that you’d see on my face everyday
Was just placebo effect
Now I’m losing it
It will take some time
But i'll be fine
You let me down for the last time tonight
Oh how I wanted to be the one that you always needed
I was dying to be it
I see your lines, and I see your lies
I see through all of it
Concentrate
See the light
Dance over your grave
I don’t mind
(We know what it means to be alone)
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Lahaina Noon
03:22
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I've kept this inside but no more tonight
I'll give you some advice, bite your tongue
Shouting is useless when I’m young and small
Naive but wise for my age on non stop edge of a fall
I wish you could see it the way that I do
I'd love to see you out
Trapped in my world finding your way out
The tide is low, how you gonna sail now?
Dizzy from a constant ear to the ground
I'd love to see you out
Take your long drives il take my long nights
How long can we run from these feelings inside?
There is so much more to life that we don’t know
Show me your soul
I wish you could see it the way that I do
I'd love to see you out
Trapped in my world finding your way out
The tide is low, how you gonna sail now?
Dizzy from a constant ear to the ground
I'd love to see you out
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Hospital Walls
02:46
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It's time to set this out, I need some relief
Lets sit down and talk about things
I sit around the table and it's just not the same, this conversation is different and the face have changed. I miss my friends, when we’d talk bout nothing. Days like today remind me that those were my brightest days, the house down Church Road where we laugh the time away and talks bout nothing, now I’ve got nothing.
So here I am trying to shine
Trying to water but less with my eyes
Remind me how I feels to Reach For The Sun, these days are tough on a soul so young. We had so much love but that love went cold when you turned the lights off and left this home we’d grown, you left me on my own.
So here I am trying to shine
Trying to water but less with my eyes
We’ve got nothing to talk about so I don’t see the point at all.
My soul feels stuck inside these hospital walls, I need a way out.
Stuck in a feeling I can’t seem to forget when ‘practice what you preach’ is a simple concept. This is what I meant when I said
'Happiness Is A Mindset.'
So on your darkest days please don’t forget that
Happiness is just a mindset
I need a way out
I need a way out
Is there a way out?
So here I am, trying, for you.
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don't think I've laughed so hard in so long, talking out and catching up on things we missed out on...
Things are getting tough lately, I'm not afraid to admit it.
She said 'You've got to go for it, you've got to be selfish.'
I find that so hard because It's not in my heart,
I feel like I'm searching for something that is lost in the dark.
These four walls I built around, and when you leave i'll burn them.
I feel comfortable, is that a bad thing?
She said 'You're so young, you should be spreading your wings.'
This year has been hard since I crashed my car, I still get flashbacks of it.
These four walls I built around, and when you leave i'll burn them down.
Gotta chase something, I'm constantly searching for so much of which I am so undeserving. I should be dead by now, six foot under the ground.
If that was so, how would you speak of me now?
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Alice Kat Boston, UK
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