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life raft
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storm comes, so sudden
rushes in from the east
in another lifetime, these were ocean winds
but now just blow through city streets
two years ago, we travelled north
and settled in a town
i fell in love with gloucester
but we had to move back down
i wanted so much to stop thinking
that now when i try, i can't
i think i feel us sinking
and no one's throwing a life raft
eight years ago, we drove all night
chased summer down the coast
i fell in love with sarasota
but it wasn't really home
in some recurring dream, we're seventeen
but we have never met
some knot in fate, some chance i didn't take
where would we be right now?
i wanted so much to stop thinking
that now when i try, i can't
i think i feel us sinking
and no one's throwing a life raft
sometimes i wonder
about the paths we choose to take
was there one choice i made that led me here
or was it really fate?
i wanted so much to stop thinking
that now when i try, i can't
i think i feel us sinking
and no one's throwing a life raft
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february
02:43
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sketches of flowers, rows of stars
a powerful need to be where you are
it's finally changing, once and for all
and that scares me so much more
than i ever dreamed it would
darkening bricks of my city life
the stars fade away in perpetual light
an aching need to be where you are
but only to escape from all i have become
could a change of place be everything?
but that won't fix me,
solve my puzzle,
put me back together
there is no together to go back to
what i am now is the most i've ever been,
and i can't keep telling myself
you are so much more
locked in this tower, too much to share
these should make it better, but they can't erase the years
a terrible need to forget where you are
forget all the things that remind me of you
destroy your letter, it's not doing any good
but that won't fix me,
solve my puzzle,
put me back together
there is no together to go back to
what i am now is the most i've ever been,
and i can't keep telling myself
you are so much more
but you won't break me,
keep me running
you are not everything
and i am so much more
and i am so much more
and i'll be so much more
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still
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crawl back out of your hole
go for a drive along the coast
shine a light on the ghost
and hope that that makes it weak
cause in darkness, it grows
salt air stings your eyes
gets stuck in your clothes
time won't stop for you
like the water, it flows
the wind breathes and sighs
there's still so much left
that you haven't seen
and there's still time left
to say what you mean
sky fades turquoise and gold
the moon's full and bright
summer is gone
in the blink of an eye
and now onto fall
sweet smoke fills the air
and fills you with peace
it's okay to be okay,
not to feel everything
and it's okay to change
there's still so much left
that you need to see
and there's still time left
to decode what you dream
there's still so much left
that you need to do
and there's still time left
to find out the truth
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silence what you can
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september
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all dressed in black and knitted scarves
to keep the heat inside
she grew up near the water
where the tide was always high
bitter bottled anger but
she loved how sweet he seemed
he kept the ocean close for her,
he silenced all the screams
winds of september
winds of change
winds of september
help me rearrange
she wondered whether he could see
her stumbling through the past
she knew he had his hold on her
she hoped it wouldn't last.
the city wasn't bright enough to
keep her from herself
she tried so hard to stay the same she
shattered herself
winds of september
winds of change
winds of september
help me rearrange
driven now to sharpened knives
she wonders what went wrong
when all she wanted was the love
of some forgotten song
winds of september
winds of change
winds of september
help me turn the page
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the empire's burning
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six years ago now, we all moved in
we all left home
to live on our own
that year, i turned 22
dropped out of school
and started over new
the empire, it burned down today
i hope these memories
don't just fade away
sprawled on the couch in summer heat
we'd drink cheap wine and
lose track of time
walks home from allston in the snow
we had each other
to keep out the cold
the empire, it burned down today
i hope these memories
don't just fade away
got on the train at brandon hall
the city seemed so big,
i felt so small
four years ago now, we all moved on
i'll think of that place
long after it's gone.
the empire, it burned down today
i hope these memories
don't just fade away
these memories, they go up in smoke
brookline, you will always feel
like home
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7. |
turn around
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he resides in a place
just behind my eyes
the cure for awkward days
and endless lonely nights
victims of time and misspent youth,
our lives collide
the candle is burning faster now
i can't let you pass by
so hold me even if you
don't know how
slow dance in small spaces,
but keep it to yourself
there's no world of second chances here
you may be gone when i turn
around, when i turn around
listening to mozart
and walking home alone
were you always this way
is it all you've ever known?
sidewalk glitters, wet with rain
tell me what to do
i watch your back as you walk away
again, i come unglued
so hold me even if you
don't know how
slow dance in small spaces,
but keep it to yourself
there's no world of second chances here
you may be gone when i turn
around, when i turn around
when i turn around
please turn around
please hold me even if you
don't know how
slow dance in small spaces,
i'll keep it to myself
there's no world of second chances here
you may be gone when i turn
around, when i turn around
when i turn around
please turn around
don't let me drown
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jaq dunham Fitchburg, Massachusetts
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