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afterglow
03:08
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your body creaks
like your childhood home
you stretch your limbs
to ease your bones
your muscles tear
your hair falls out
your memories have nothing
to do with you
cover your eyes to prepare
for when the light burns out
it’s strange to see
a ghost alive
so long before
the body’s died
tie your ankle to an anchor
cut yourself loose once again
you still can’t bear the end
cover your eyes to prepare
for when the light burns out
dust collects on
the casket of today
chasing the tail
of this afterglow
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carry on
03:02
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your mom & dad
your sister & your brother
& all your friends
who stuck around & faded
now as you dream
your last dream
all you see
pictures of
everyone
who made you laugh
& loved you to death
float above
the hospital bed body
hold the hands
of everyone who lost you
& all the tears
in their eyes
will disappear
over time
but you won’t fade
though you’re gone
you’ll carry on
& on
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balance beam
04:29
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said to me you couldn’t sleep
asked if i’d help make you tea
you said you were
afraid of the dark
i didn’t buy it
but i felt your spark
just say the words
& i’ll be by your side
go ahead if you’d like
i’ll be close behind
& you tell me there’s a battle
between your body & soul
you got tipped off of your
balance beam, been trying
to get back home
conversation in your bed
opened up the window
& the thunder sounded
like an earthquake
it rumbled you to sleep
i laid awake
& you tell me there’s a battle
between your body & soul
you got tipped off of your
balance beam, been trying
to get back home
don’t you cry
bright blue eyes
hold you through the cold night
please don’t feel like
you should have to apologize
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fireworks
03:18
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it was a pretty evening
she made sure of it
nothing he could ever say
would change her mind
sitting on the edge
on the roof
of her apartment
staring silently
waiting for the fireworks
to go off
a look, a touch, a feeling
a half-hearted ‘goodnight’
he knew the way she felt then
by how quick she locked the door
drifting from the edge
now a speck
in the distance
realized again
he was the fireworks
that never went off
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beginnings & ends
03:17
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turn your shoulder from
the girl with pretty eyes
but not as blue as those
you let dissolve into the sky
pluck the petals from
the roses by the lake
your veins enlarge with every
step you choose to take
cause you destroy everything
that you touch—you’re so guilty
try so hard to forget all
those words she said
you keep a record on to drown
the voice out of your head
trace the sunset on the
window by your bed
you’ll never have to watch
another beautiful thing end
but you can’t replace the sun
yeah, it’ll set no matter what
you could never tell,
tell the difference between
beginnings & ends
something lost
in the shock
it’s in the shadow
where you live
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radio silence
01:28
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i was your rock
02:19
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i don’t know what to do
with all this time
& i don’t know when the light
switched off, or why
i didn’t expect it to be
so dark
i thought i was
more strong
i was your rock
what now,
now that i’m not?
what now,
now that you’re gone?
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someday
03:06
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settle down, it’s over now
the mother you’ve cared for
she’s suffered far too long
now she’s gone, & you can’t seem
to move on—no, you can’t stop
driving to the hospital
surprised each time the room
is full of red-eyed strangers
you never thought you’d feel so lost
that the love you gave would always
save you from the rain your crazy
brain would always rinse out
but you can’t sit still without the chill
of knowing, someday, you’ll look
into the mirror—you’ll see her
you’ll be her, yes, you will
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animal hospital
04:08
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when i was a lost dog
you patched up my cut paw
in your animal hospital
i always felt safe
& i thought i’d found a way out
looking back
there may not have been
enough faith—would you say?
phone call on the staircase
imagined your kind face
& i’d never forget the place
took a picture in case
i still pause when it stops
in my annual draught
then i think about
roses & stolen hands
i looked up cheap flights
ruined the big surprise
you said ‘you’re still
a stranger, not yet,’ so i
kept you in my mind
never guessed that in time
i’d end up stuck here
wondering what it would be like
i guess that’s just the way
these things turn out sometimes
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reminders
03:48
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you found his note
taped to the mirror
you could hardly read it
through the tears
& the heartache
the confusion
the denial
that he's gone
think back on all
the times you had
how you always thought
of him as your dad
the mistakes
& the acceptance
& the fires
that kept you warm
he always called you special
reminders always helped
but now that he's underground
it’s all up to yourself
to feel better
to feel loved
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11. |
repeat
04:00
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head to the sky
watch it crack
watch the night
bleed from black
into blue
covered tracks
leaving you
at the door
where you’ll be
asking for
one repeat
but the wind
has its way
of pushing your
body down
one straight road
open your eyes
look ahead
look behind
but the rear-view
is fogged
& the path
branches off
oh your life
is a line
& a circle
intertwined
& the end
when it comes
let the memories flood
through your skin
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my name is mason & i like to write songs about things.
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