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After This
04:00
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after this who gets the rest of me
what if i can't tell what's best for me?
hearts will break at the thought of it
go on
i can't wait to get back on my feet
compensate like there's still nothing wrong
turns out we were trying all along
we can't wait until it's too late to go on
i can't wait to get back on my feet
i can't give until there's no rest of me
if i go down i'm not taking you with me
after this
i will be something else instead of me
so say goodnight with grace
say goodnight with grace some time
say goodnight with grace
i can't give until there's no rest of me
if i go down i'm not taking you with me
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i could see it in her face
a hit + run
under an ocean sun
she thought i knew “he was not the only one”
but a purist's mind in judgement is a funny thing
don't need to try when the ice gets thin
i just sigh and hold it in
said she wanted all of something (you can)
overlooked, he feels forgotten (hear it)
up the river, screaming profane, he says
closer certain father
feel the stillness dying
river current lying
screaming coward
it was a hit + run
can't take his place, he's a setting sun
under the gun he'll try to prove he is not the lonely one
father shows his teeth when he's on the run
don't need to lie when you just pretend it was never yer intent
sinking deeper, manic creature
a hollow trope, an empty preacher
squirming falling you can hear it
whisper
closer certain father
feel the stillness dying
river current lying
screaming coward
it was a hit + run
as i try to compromise
you can hear it
crying naked, i begin to let the water win
cause i can't hold you in
closer certain father
he's a setting sun
and yer not the only one
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Hold
04:29
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were you afraid you would set me off?
you would call me out
i would call you soft
with that certain air of arrogance that i confuse with confidence
love can be so critical
you can call it hard
you can call it soft
semantic parasitical
psychoanalytical
you can hold me to the fire
with a hand on the wheel
you can hold me to the wall with a blade
you can hold yer tongue and i'll still understand
oh you can
you can hold me
yer a martyr baby
yer overstrained
help me out would you?
could you explain?
about the heretics + hateful pricks
and what they've got to do with this
i'm unclear
will you rat me out?
will you force me clean?
i don't wanna make a scene
the match above the gasoline
the latch that holds in everything
you can hold me to the fire
with a hand on the wheel
you can hold me to the wall with a blade
you can hold yer tongue and i'll still understand
oh you can
you can hold me
the streetcar + the wire
the ember + the fire
you can hold me to the word that i relay
you can stick yer tongue at the queen and i'll stand by you
you can
you can hold me
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I Am Water
04:09
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late night
it's dark and stormy
you start to sparkle before me
you talk, i am unable
find you on my kitchen table
you are water
you are blood
just like a moon
you bring in the flood
yes there are fires and there is death
and there is dying where the fire is met
but you are water and you are good
and you are evil and misunderstood
in the fire after death
there is living where the fire is met
she said the fire is red
see through my eyes
all the specks of dust collide
did you know that this was all underwater?
don't it make you feel you don't really matter?
but we coincide
we sit under the sun moon
to think this will all be gone soon
you ask me ‘how old is this sand?'
making a dove with your left hand
i am nothing
nothingness
not more important than anything else
i am ready to accept and unable to begin to forget
we are nothing
nothingness
never settle for anything less
she said the water is red
see through my eyes
all the specks of dust align
did you know that this was once underwater?
don't it make you feel you don't really matter?
but we coincide
i know you know that there are things that i know you know that you can't know and i know you know that there are things that i know you know that you can't own
you can't own the water
you can't stop the flood
you care for the water
or run for your life
you can't own the water
you can't stop the fight
you can't catch a fire
so run for your life
did you know that this was once underwater?
don't it make you feel you don't really matter?
don't it make you feel the ice start to shatter?
does it really mean you don't really matter?
or does it mean you feel you don't really matter?
what would you rather?
we don't decide
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July Talk continues to rise with purpose and poise. Their churning and fiercely physical performances make spaces hiss and hum, spit and seethe in glorious, artful abandon. The band has also grown in their roles as advocates of an urgent and fundamental music industry recalibration, through curatorial partnerships with festivals and by defining their own parameters for safer spaces at rock shows. ... more
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