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29
04:55
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I wrote a letter to myself
So no one else would have to read it
It's weighing heavy on my mind
I prayed to a god I don't believe in
Recurring visions in my sleep
Tricycles and curbs of frustration
I heard Chester screaming loud
Arms aflame and ready to break
You never see it coming
Immortal ideas fade
I'm feeling so much older now
29 years today
Greenstick fracture at the wrist
Jumping cars out in the garden
European seaside town
Drowned in limoncello, heaving posion
Lost my cool down at the rink
Pinned to the wall for striking dad
Running absent from my parents
Dirty rag and oil, a concrete bed
You never see it coming
Immortal ideas fade
I'm feeling so much older now
29 years
You never see it coming
Strumming arthritis away
29 years today
Dragged away from all my friends
Calendar days stole my summer
I'd miss Matthew's friendly ghost
Sunlight cured us from the shivers
Threw my shoes into the lake
When school was done, freedom celebrated
All the hills and valleys climbed
I never quite learned to tie my laces
You never see it coming
Immortal ideas fade
I'm feeling so much older now
29 years
You never see it coming
Strumming arthritis away
Stacking cutlery on my birthday
29 years today.
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put me under
03:57
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Now and then I have a stock take of my mind
Clear my schedule, burn some cash, take in some facts online
I always say I'll start working out and cut down on ice cream
It never is enough to stop me binge watching TV
Everyone says to keep going 'til you see the light
I might just find a carousel and take a ride
Now and then I live in someone else's shoes
Sleep in their bed, feed their pet, I've not much to lose
When I muddle with the grey in a world of black and white
I'll never be lonely with a dog beside
Everyone says to keep going 'til you see the light
I might just find a carousel and take a ride
If you're wanting one more story, you should take it all to hell
You are everywhere and nowhere, just don't put me under your spell
I am hiding in the darkness, waiting for the final bell
You are everywhere and nowhere, just don't put me under your spell
You are everywhere and nowhere, just don't put me under your spell
You are everywhere and nowhere, just don't put me under.
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come upstairs
04:01
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Come upstairs my love
I will take you any way you are
I’m ill-prepared and stone-cold scared
The same as you
When we dance around the fatal
We pretend there’s something left
All your senses are disabled
Shut down by loneliness
There’s a sun above the skylight
But your sickness locked it out
There’s a war in every silence
When the captain’s not around
We could both lock lips on this sinking ship
Watch it all go down
We could seal our fate in a frozen lake
Just drown
When we ask if we deserve this
We are digging our own grave
There is nothing quite so painful
No relief to kill the shame
And your burden looks so empty
There’s no proof that it exists
Just a chemical compulsion
Ever-looking for the exit
I am love from the highest places
I am love, I know all your faces
I am love from the highest places
I am love, I know all your faces
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fables
03:59
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It’s been five years you know
Takes a day to find all the photos
Happiness won’t grow
But fondness would, you’d think so
We share the same tone now
We share the same home now
Surrounded by the snow
Can I share your name now?
Why are we waiting?
Why can I still take a breath?
Why are we waiting?
Shall we put all the fables to bed?
The truth is best served cold
Less awkward if I’m singing
I know you want to float
But soon we’ll be grave digging
Why are we waiting?
Why can I still take a breath?
Why are we waiting?
Shall we put all the fables to bed?
Why are we waiting?
Why can I still take a breath?
Why are we waiting?
Shall we put all the fables to bed?
Sometimes I feel I’m doing nothing right
Sometimes I feel like nothing
Sometimes I feel I’m doing nothing right
Sometimes I feel like nothing
Sometimes I feel I’m doing nothing right
Sometimes I feel like
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in between
04:02
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Throwing roses on a backlit porch
Don't you tell me that I'm done
Romantic divorce
Who will come and strip the fight from me?
Who said that my race is run already?
Everybody else just looks like rain
Weathered all the same
The only thing that makes us different
Is that I will plead insane
It's the black that's blinding
It's the light unseen
This will be the death of me
And all that's in between
Gimme some more of that
Sweet, sweet dose through the speaker
I'm a junkie, you're my vice
Pleased to meet you
Someone told that I will live regret
I've made my bed, so I'll lay in it
I've made my bed, so I lay down
Everybody else just looks like rain
Weathered all the same
The only thing that makes us different
Is that I will plead insane
It's the black that's blinding
It's the light unseen
This will be the death of me
And all that's in between
This is the death of me
And all that's in between
This is the death of me
And all that's in between
This is the death of me, the death of me
And all that's in between
This is the death of me, the death of me.
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the house
05:40
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I'm so glad you made it
I never thought you'd come
The lights here are blinding
All of the smoke clogs my lungs
These walls remember
All that's said and done
And my heart has chambers
Where the sadness runs
You are the house and you keep us alive
You bring our straying hearts in from outside
Take all the furniture, take what you might
You can't take a hope that will not die
The party is over
I'd say it's time to go
The kooks in the back room
They won't leave until they know
We must remember
Don't let good times go
There's something to live for
It just comes 'round slow
You are the house and you keep us alive
You bring our straying hearts in from outside
Take all the furniture, take what you might
You can't take a hope that will not die
You are the house and you keep us alive
You bring our straying hearts in from outside
Take all the furniture, take what you might
You can't take a hope that will not die
I've been waiting and I've been a slave
I've been asleep, please remove these chains
Give me a reason, give me a sign
You can't take a hope that will not die.
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in earnest Southend On Sea, UK
in earnest is fuelled by the songwriting of front-couple Sarah Holburn and Tom Eatherton in a bid to encourage conversation around mental health and other under-represented topics. Their sad indie noise is a dialogue from two perspectives featuring male and female vocals in turn. Hailing from Southend on Sea, UK, in earnest is made a trio by the inclusion of instrumentalist Toby Shaer. ... more
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