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six years ago
03:03
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Sleepy and red-eyed
If you loved me
I wouldn't know
Told your family
I was the one
But was it all for show
We had something
Six years ago
No one could understand
Holding hands alone
Tried to hold together the pieces
Rocks of logic
Shattered the glass
Of my mental window
Couldn't glue in the cracks
We had something
Six years ago
Our blood ran deep
No one here could know
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2. |
hold my own
03:09
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I was waiting for you
Twelve past ten
But you couldn't remember
What I said
You and me
Were perfect
So it seemed
But it was all
A plastic dream
If I could
I would
Write you a letter
I'd tell you that I'm sad
But I'm getting better
You told me you believed
We were turning the corner
When in reality
We couldn't move forward
I hold my own
You told me on the telephone
I'm all alone
But honey, I hold my own
I'm on my own
I'm on my own
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3. |
maryland
03:32
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Funny how you're back so soon
Maryland didn't wanna see you go
I wonder how you felt driving alone
Delivering cold food
Heard you on the voicemail the other day
I didn't know how to respond
Listened to it five times before deleting
I didn't think you'd find another way
I could never talk to you again
Don't act like you don't understand
The darkness that you left me with
Is getting drowned out by the light
I'll never be the same
And that's ok
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4. |
happy song
04:20
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How does one write a happy song
How does one take the sadness away
How does one sing an honest song
I hear the quiver in her voice
How does one hold their head up high
When the shadow drowns out the light
How does one breathe so freely
When the air chokes you with grief
I've asked
And I'll ask again
Is my love not powerful enough
Powerful enough
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5. |
dear ohio
04:46
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You're so fair
With your pale golden corn fields
Dead grass
And fallen leaves
There is nothing
For me here
You remind me of my
Fourteen-year-old angst ridden
Dreams and fears
Stuck on the north side
Hoping that someone would stop by
To save me from
This slow decay
Of time and boredom
And eventual trauma
He did
But it was just too good to be true
Excitement and adventure
Turned into chaos and absurdity
It was all a tease
I've outgrown you
Your people will
Always inhabit my soul
My heart
My consciousness
Without them
I don't know where I'd be
So I will
Tread lightly
And leave you
Quickly
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6. |
remember the day
05:45
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I've waited much too long
To settle for anything less
Days filled with pain and hunger
Nights filled with tears and unrest
It was all a dream
It was all a nightmare
It was anything but how it all seemed
Sweaty palms and dripping hands
Opened the door
To my undoing
So I'll look toward the West
And remember the day
Of when I didn't know anything
And I'll tell myself
You'll know better one day...
Here I am on this February snow day
Remembering that snow day
Six years ago
Little did we know we were destined for failure
The cold ran deeper than the snow
I look on those days with grief and wonder
How did we last that 2012 summer
It was all a mirage of self-sabotage
Thinking we would come out unbothered
So I'll look toward the West
And remember the day
Of when I didn't know anything
And I'll tell myself
You'll know better one day...
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Esther Columbus, Ohio
Giving this thing called songwriting a go.
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