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Catalyst
02:59
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This is how it has to be
Necessity, ultimatum
I was trying I swear
I can’t stay hiding on stairs out of sight
I’m just fine with the way things have been
I don’t need a catalyst, I don’t need a catalyst
I tear myself away
The scenery always changes
I read the world from your face
Now things can’t be the same
I’d tear myself away like I had puppet strings
I’d tear myself away like the last day of spring
This is how it has to end
There's no reason to run
Just accept the timing when it’s the only one
I was fine I swear
I’m just hiding on stairs out of sight
Out of mind, walking to your house while you’re walking out of mine
I tear myself away
The scenery always changes
I read the world from your face
Now things can’t be the same
I’d tear myself away like I had puppet strings
I’d tear myself away like the last day of spring
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2. |
Ghost Of The Living
02:39
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All the excess falls away
You didn’t need it anyway
Everything except the days
I’m afraid it stays that way
It’d be easier with a difference you could see
It makes it harder with no words left to say
I’m off and away
I incinerate
I disintegrate
There’s a will when there’s a way
Isn’t that what they always say
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3. |
For The Future
04:02
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Run to the salt water
I've never been so full
Take pictures to remember this by
Fill my head with lies
I’m gravitating towards the dark
I thought it was light
I’m tired of playing this part
Like I’m typecast every night
But I’m fighting for you
Or at least some version of truth
I thought I’d find it on the shore
I thought I’d drive till there’s more
I found your note
Handwritten on composition paper
Like I had a choice
Like I gave you a voice
But I’m fighting for you
Or at least some version of truth
I thought I’d find it on the shore
I thought I’d drive till there’s more
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Mysterious
04:01
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It’s hard to see outside
When you’re surrounded by
Nothingness
It’s hard to look away when these hallways begin and end with locked doors
It’s all another day
I want to walk away when I realize that these fault lines aren’t whats stopping me I’ll take the easy way out
It’s hard to see outside
Through all this rain
I let it wash away
Still it feels the same
Let it wash away to the river now
Let it go
Watch it leave
Mourn the loss if you have to
It’s hard to see outside
Through all this rain
I let it wash away
Still it feels the same
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5. |
Our Crimson Communion
02:51
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We just drank each other’s blood
Our crimson communion of love
Even if the sky opens up and swallows us
We’ll hold each other tight while we ascend a beam of light
We both pretend we’re back at home
Yeah let’s just pretend we’re still alone
No one believes us
Let’s keep this a memory
No one believes us
Let’s save the ridicule
Back at work, they’ll never listen
They’ll never look at you the same
It’s up to you
And it’s up to me
To leave this a memory
No one believes us
Let’s keep this a memory
No one believes us
Let’s save the ridicule
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6. |
Tandem Bikes
03:48
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This is just too on the nose
Fire, hail, and flooding storms
I’ve never really loved life more
This is no place to long for
I’m still trying like it counts
But there’s still rain when I'm around
Every second has its place
Second chances don’t erase
Are we already here?
It felt soon but not that close
We stayed so long for fear
Like we could never leave for hope
Let’s reevaluate
I’m sure there’s something we can do
It’s not like me to enjoy hate
But with your facade falling through the cracks from the lies that you told
We walk on nails and sleep on stone
You promise bread but give us mold
We gave you life but die alone
Are we already here?
It felt soon but not that close
We stayed so long for fear
Like we could never leave for hope
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Rowan Trees
03:45
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The frost on the car
The dying sun
I always know the cold will come
A falling star
Close enough
Scaring life back to everyone
Don’t waste these days
Sunlight
You’re like a vampire
Don’t scare my friends away
Don’t tear down the mirrors in my place
I watched you eat
wolf-killed sheep
You were born with all your teeth
I’m cutting branches of Rowan trees
Don’t waste these days
Sunlight
You’re like a vampire
Don’t scare my friends away
Don’t tear down the mirrors in my place
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8. |
Wish Away
04:18
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I wish myself away
I boarded the last evening train
I know what people will say
And maybe I’m just the same
24 hours isn’t nearly enough time to change
I was a wreck, I was on the edge of everything
I went down to see
Where this hope could be
I pushed the sea salt from my mind
I went out chasing time
24 hours isn’t nearly enough time to change
I was a wreck, I was on the edge of everything
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9. |
Someone's Ladder
03:34
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This isn’t fun anymore
The ocean eats the shore
The wrong star could fall before the sun swallows us whole
I hope it doesn’t start again
I’m sick of being on the fence
Wishing I could just step in
I know I would fall away
I know I’d just pretend
All rise…
We’re never changing course
You can’t bring back the shore
The tide and the moon’s force
10 thousand
10 million
I’m worn from all this reeling
My dreams must get stopped on the way out by the ceiling
The storms are coming soon
The spaceship leaves at noon
The walls are falling too
The world just broke in two
The sun breaks up the moon
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10. |
The Shaking Cloud
04:42
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Vast and setting sun above
After all these clouds are gone
We’re gonna climb so high
We don’t ever have to say goodbye
Eventually the night will come
Looming cratered moon above
Don’t look down you’ll be alright
Don’t wait for more than tonight
Passing by stars in the sky
Your backyard far out of sight
Don’t look down we’ll be alright
Don’t wait for more than tonight
The galaxy’s not big enough
Look for signs like mourning doves
Oxygen is obsolete
Swimming in Titan’s sea
This new gravity
And new eyes to see
Universe around me
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The City View New Hampshire
Synthy solo project currently based in New Hampshire.
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