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New Rapture
03:38
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So this is all we’ve been waiting for
Stuck in my ways again
I’ll fly too close to the sun
Just to feel the pain
Every day I’m dying faster
Leaving myself out in the cold
Waiting for a moment to fall back into
Slipping through the cracks again
To let the rain take everything
I can’t say if it will ever be more than this
So step into the neon lights
Embrace the things you won’t let go of and find the way to stay afloat
So this is what i can stay here for
Your seas will carry me
Down to a new rapture
Just for peace of mind
Every day I’m getting closer
To the future that will save me
Tethered to my weakness but carrying through
Slipping through the cracks again
To let the rain take everything
I can’t say if it will ever be more than this
So step into the neon lights
Embrace the things you won’t let go of and find the reason to stay afloat
Someday we’ll wake up from this
Look up and see the things we missed
Soon we’ll ignite as the waves crash around us
Leaving the light to remain evermore
Slipping through the cracks again
To let the rain take everything
I can’t say if it will ever be more than this
So step into the neon lights
Embrace the things you won’t let go of and find the reason to stay afloat
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2. |
Shades of Grey
03:42
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I know I’m too scared for you
And that I don’t see myself the way you do
But someday soon we’ll fly out of here
And leave these scattered thoughts in another year
Let me be the one to guide you through this place
As long as you don’t let the world move on without us again
I’d rather keep myself awake
And listen to all the things you want to say
These fictions i might still believe
But I’ll still be a thread to weave
Paint me all your favourite shades of grey
When the sky sets fire to another day
Maybe you’ll convince me to burn away my wounded pride
And eventually I’ll look back and say I tried
But if I can’t keep up with the worst of me
You know I’d want you to set yourself free
Let me be the one to take you far from here
And we can shine a light on all the things we want to see
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If you could see what I really think
Maybe you’d know that I’m too weak to say
I knew I was wrong from the beginning
Scrambling through the woods again
This night will take us one by one
‘Till all that’s left of this is scattered among the stars
Now it’s too late to fall asleep
I’ll wait until the sun greets us with detachment once again
Someday I’ll light up the night sky
And bring this galaxy to you
I think I’ll leave a scar or two
Keepsakes of this forgotten life
To leave behind when we’ve moved on
Crashing and burning every day
But we’ll heal faster than you think
And this place won’t be haunted anymore
Regrets and broken thoughts can wait
For now these walls will keep us safe
If I can’t do it on my own
Someday I think I’ll make it back
But until then you’re all I’ve got
A bright-lit shimmer in the void
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4. |
Skylines and Empty Rooms
04:19
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Tell me I’m so cynical but you never gave me a reason to be
An optimist when you left me to be my own worst enemy
But I can’t live your story without burning the pages
So I’ll let the noise wash over me ‘till you all disappear
If I could be the one to say
We’ll make it through this starless night
I’ll patch myself to perfection
And be the light to guide us out
I never wanted to take up space that you wouldn’t give to me
So I’ll sail through the ether and maybe one day come out clean
Tell me I can do anything just as long as you hold your grip on itw
Even if I’m not rid of this, someday I’ll take it back for myself
Let me be your supernova and light up your skies
To give you one pleasant view before it’s all taken away
If I could be the one to say
We’ll make it through this starless night
I’ll patch myself to perfection
And be the light to guide us out
I never wanted to hate myself but we would never be so lucky
So I will be my own angel and drag myself through the dust
We stay together even in separate spaces
But soon this storm will draw you out and I will be my ideal self
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Crescent
03:44
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Waking up with a head full of static
Don’t know if I remembered to
Keep you in like I said I would again
Another wasted night that I spent
Stopping myself from falling off the rails
Just to leave you in the dark again
If I knew how to be myself
maybe this ship wouldn’t go down at all
But now I’ll be the one to say
I didn’t want to come here anyway
We could be the frost on the window, wind in the trees
If I knew the right words to set myself free
This fog is a prison, this coast our resting place
If I deserved any better I’d ask you to leave me here in space
If I knew how to be myself
maybe this ship wouldn’t go down at all
But now I’ll be the one to say
I didn’t want to come here anyway
This will end with you
And I don’t know if I can see myself through
Until you say I’m worthy of your grace
My life is just a waiting room
Floating through another story
But someday soon I’ll take it for myself
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Kuiper Vancouver, British Columbia
2018-2022, now Dead End Sidewalk
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