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I sleep so much better now I think of you and don't mind
There's a young boy in my heart, he's helping me through this part
I can't accept it, this week I've been so scared
See, I'm afraid of you now, and what you might become
Blind luck and good fortune got me here
Somewhere, yes somewhere else, I'm by myself
Focus in on me
(I've lost it!)
Do you sleep any better now you've moved from the bed to the couch?
I'm used to silent space that's left here in the wake of your breathing
I didn't cry so much that I knocked myself out down there
I lifted myself up and dragged myself to here
Blind luck and good fortune got me here
Somewhere, yes somewhere else, I'm by myself
Focus in on me
I'd like to say that I did this to myself,
that it was all down to me and that I had no help
But the truth is more embarrassing and any progress I made
was from a lucky opportunity that appeared in your shadow
as you turned away
Blind luck and good fortune got me here
Somewhere, yes somewhere else, I'm by myself
Focus in on me
(Forever!)
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APR-1 - Remaster 2021
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[Twin Peaks, episode 23]
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What I said? I don't mean that
I'll give you your time back
I trust all my old friends, and they say it's true
Listened cassette tapes to switch up my mindframe:
Mature and reasoned friend I could be to you
(I'm sorry)
Everything you offer's just a lesser version of us:
You get what you want? Well, I get too exposed
I'm sorry I'm like this, I bet you are too
You can't resist me but I love you
Sitting on the fence won't be optional at this point
I won't "See how it goes" or trial it for a year
I'm sorry I'm like this, I was disinvited
I'm sure there are reasons, but I'm not convinced yet
Get back to you someday before I forget
Wish we could be them, but we barely know them
We'll try on our own then, and see where we stand
(See where we stand, we'll try on our own then,
Ugh, I'm sorry)
Everything you offer's just a lesser version of us:
You get what you want? Well, I get too exposed
I'm sorry I'm like this, I bet you are too
You can't resist me but I love you
Sitting on the fence won't be optional at this point
I won't "See how it goes" or trial it for a year
I'm sorry I'm like this, I was disinvited
Everything you offer's just a lesser version of us:
You get what you want? Well, I get too exposed
I'm sorry I'm like this, I bet you are too
You can't resist me but I love you
Sitting on the fence won't be optional at this point
I won't "See how it goes" or trial it for a year
I'm sorry I'm like this, I was disinvited
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I wanted to know where you were, see what you were seeing
Hoped that passing time would mean I wouldn't need to bang my knees
You approach with trepidation, and why wouldn't you?
The years apart gave us myths but that's all
All the possibilities that lie ahead of us
Rekindling connections lost to teenage politics
I feel different now, or at least I'd like to think so
My inflated sense of arrogance is just less vocal
You might as well turn around, instead of walking up to me now
You might as well turn around, before I remove all doubt
You might as well turn around, there's a reason we fell out
So before I burn it down
I'm a floater in your eye - you follow me out of sight
My memories distorted your face and yours distorted mine
I'm sorry it's a let down but at least it proved something:
I need to move on with my life, the past is not so welcoming
You might as well turn around, instead of walking up to me now
You might as well turn around, before I remove all doubt
You might as well turn around, there's a reason we fell out
So before I burn it down
I don't see a point to arranging all of this
There may come a day, but today's not it
I don't think I'm seeing straight, at least not straight ahead
For sure I know one thing: as a man, I am predictable
You might as well turn around, instead of walking up to me now
You might as well turn around, before I remove all doubt
You might as well turn around, there's a reason we fell out
So before I burn it down
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Know when it started
Remind me, when does it stop?
Know lots about it but can't seem to figure it out
My head is shrouded, I want to cut it all out,
to be by myself
I stare at people and they all look the same as me
What are they feeling, do they all feel the same as me?
Are they gripping as tightly to their seats,
waiting for the journey to come to its end?
Everybody's talking when they can't
Everybody bleeds a little when they brush their teeth
Stop making me think it's wise to think it only happens to me
Hypochondriac, I need to unlearn all my steps
But I don't focus and walk down a plank to my death
I always end up there and it's always bad news
It's flashing daily, it's constantly there
I'm not allowed to be constantly not aware
Know what it feels like, I know cause I feel it there
This is the mark that I leave behind
Everybody's talking when they can't
Everybody bleeds a little when they brush their teeth
Stop making me think it's wise to think it only happens to me
Everybody's talking when they can't
Everybody cries a little when they fall asleep
They didn't make a mistake but they can't speak
Everybody's talking when they can't
Everybody panics in public due to fear
Yet none of us say a word and think along into the void
Everybody's talking when they're wrong
They clog up the discussion with empty platitudes
I trust I can rely on your support until I ask for it
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I start off with a small smile,
it gets me there - right in the middle of your mind
And your thoughts
Unless we dreamed it - we might, of course
I wish I could say how I feel, you're so close
I wish you were mine so I could feel you so close to me
I start off with a small smile,
I had you there - right in the middle of the town
You took my hand
Unless I dreamed it - I might, of course
I wish I could say how I feel, you're so close
I wish you were mine so I could feel you so close to me
How I feel you so close to me
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There were piles of rubble, they threw it all in a skip
I wouldn't expect you to jump right fucking in
The crane sways from side to side, it rocks from back to forth
Flicking quickly through a book of quick fixes and realise I've broke my heart
It's not a case of goodbye, and it's not a case of me needing time
It's just how these things tend to go
We're not the people we met and I'm not the person you left
Now machinery rises, it blocks the sunshine
I think about what that means
Some kind of symbolic reflection of how we'd feel
You'd come here slightly uncertain and be caught slightly off-guard
And I'd say "Yep, that's how it is now!"
Shrug my shoulders like you'd not done your research
It's not a case of goodbye, and it's not a case of me needing time
It's just how these things tend to go
We're not the people we met and I'm not the person you left
It's not a case of goodbye, and it's not a case of me needing time
It's just how these things tend to go
We're not the people we met and I'm not the person you left
(There is a form of peace you can derive from farewells,
full stops give the reader a chance to breathe.
It hurts to love the empty space created by loss, but it is not the empty space - it is still what came before.
Out of the darkness, you're presented with a reminder.
Your lips form a smile against your better judgement, you didn't even realise it was happening.
And it hits you that you're somewhere new: standing where cabs turn left and you don't recognise a thing.
To beginnings and endings, and the wisdom to know the difference).
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