1. |
Suburbia
03:38
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sliding down the sidewalk
frozen over tonight
gazing out at the ocean
as the world passed us by
sitting on a park bench
underneath the evergreens
talking about whatever
made us happier then
it seems we understood how
we sank below ourselves
but regardless of our state
we had one another
beaten down and shaken up
rotting fruit on the soil
a hue on the horizon
of the coming days
if we felt so low
how could we pick ourselves up
but the light washed over
and it would be alright
it seems we understood how
we sank below ourselves
but regardless of our state
we had one another
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2. |
The Shade
02:59
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the shade of a summer's day
waiting beneath the breeze
the day never seemed to slow down
racing for eternity
and I cannot see
how we fell through the cracks
of the way that we
used to live before
another solemn night awake
as we sang to ourselves
the fallout of a new dawn
shapeshifting across the plains
rain clouds glared us down
fumbling through the air
and we knew at heart
that it wouldn't be too long
as the clocks ticking
sped up and died
another solemn night awake
as we sang to ourselves
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3. |
October
03:11
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as the day grew colder
with every passing hour
we lay upon the sand
and stare into nothing at all
when the night overtook
the summer that had died
when the heat left us
for the frost to come
falling into place
searching for one another
we waited for the sun
to return
October came and passed
as we sat beneath the streetlights
embracing what we had
under a moonlit sky
falling into place
searching for one another
we waited for the sun
to return
fireflies never spoke to us
as the months drew on
the wind had slain the summer
again and again
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4. |
The Dalles
03:04
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I dreamt last night
that everything was exactly as we thought
the forest stood beneath my feet
and for once it felt alive
now I know why it seems
everything falls apart
we can't face ourselves now
nothing waits and no-one stays
waking up I found myself
in an unfamiliar place
but it seemed
that I knew it all along
now I know why it seems
everything falls apart
we can't face ourselves now
nothing waits and no-one stays
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5. |
Salvation
03:53
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I wake up to the sound of
the decaying of what I had
established over time
now slipping away from me
every day we waited for salvation from ourselves now
but still we sat alone breaking into nothing
following another trend
that others laid before us
but still we slip away
with no escape from ourselves
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6. |
Sunburn
04:04
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I stayed inside all day
'till the sunburn you gave me could fade away
staring out the window pane
as the moon hangs above you
as the rain fell
and we drifted down the street
I awake from comatose
to a life that's complete
as the snow piled up
over you and I
I stare into you
and leave myself behind
I went out that night
as the wind picked me up
off of my feet
fire burning slowly
went out without a trace
as the rain fell
and we drifted down the street
I awake from comatose
to a life that's complete
as the snow piled up
over you and I
I stare into you
and leave myself behind
and you said to yourself
nothing's gonna change
but we knew all along
what it could become
as the rain fell
and we drifted down the street
I awake from comatose
to a life that's complete
as the snow piled up
over you and I
I stare into you
and leave myself behind
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7. |
Dusk
04:08
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I can't believe I came so close
to falling from the edge again
a mirror shattering
forevermore inside of me
another way to escape
breaking me down
we'd never get out of here
until we stay awake
darkness falling over my
unseeded mind again
I never thought I could make it out
without a scar
another way to escape
breaking me down
we'd never get out of here
until we stay awake
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8. |
Vapour Trail
03:20
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awakening the twilight again
burning the pages of
the way we used to sit and drift
thoughtlessly carefree
falling down flirting with
catastrophe again
another way we looked at each other
facing down
the night sky like a quilted tarp
lingers above
waiting for the weight of this world
to crumble away
eyeing down the answers for
how to save myself
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9. |
Collapse
02:55
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falling out of favour with
the one I thought I knew
when everyone else just passed me by
and said I looked just fine
you never looked me in the eyes
looking now at what we built
it seemed so far away
with cloudy skies signalling
the brink of another breakdown
you never looked me in the eyes
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10. |
Pharmacy
04:11
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trembling I stumble down
the cracking sidewalks
I fall back into
my inner demons
and I fall asleep
to the sound of you
humming to a pharmacy aisle
I can't escape
the thoughts of
the backyards and funeral pyre
I drove all night
just to meet you there
but you faded away
into the static of the night
I fall asleep
to the sound of you
humming to a pharmacy aisle
I can't escape
the thoughts of
the backyards and funeral pyre (x2)
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Kuiper Vancouver, British Columbia
2018-2022, now Dead End Sidewalk
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