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until friday
04:27
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If I can make it through until Friday again
If I can fake it 'til this smile feels real
When all you see is the outside of me, look deep I'm here somewhere
The skies loom heavy now, we can feel the weight overhead
The sideways rain again feeds the urge to stay in bed
Hide from the storm find some shelter with me
If I can keep myself together
If I can turn this fear into something concrete, just hold through the year
If I can get my act together
If I can make it through until Friday again
If I can shake this off before the pressure sets in
When all you feel is the furthest from free
My suffering says there's something wrong here now
So get out of bed and do something to relieve this pain from your head
Don't binge watch or drive it down just burn it up now
And I just wanted to keep things simple
Take this fear and turn it to something real
To find a way out of my mind
To find a way back into light
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flawed
02:39
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I'm a little flawed, well you know I can't sing and you know I can't cry
I'm a little lost, well it's taken me time to figure out why
I'm a little sad but you know I'm alright when I'm riding my bike
You're a little flawed, yeah you mumble your words and you're quick to say no
I'm just like a dog, take me out of the house and I'll feel alright
You're a little scared that I'll find a new scent, wander off and move on
Found this beauty in the underneath
Found this beauty, took so long to be seen
Found this beauty and I'm not gonna wander off from here
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shoulders of giants
03:00
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I'm standing on the shoulders of giants
Who blazed this trail before they could see around the bend
You mapped these stories lost in time
Unearthed past and shaped a future for us
Words we were searching for, you found for us
What was harder for you made this all easier for me
Such a struggle risk it all to carve a space for us
Words we were searching for, you found for us
Subtle protest, art your weapon, sparring against censorship
Carry beliefs on your shoulders, face the heat to force the change
Thank you for writing down these words I found, these words I use
Thank you for writing these words I feel
Patience and Sarah, Tipping the Velvet, Beyond the Pale, Close to Spiderman
Words we were searching for you found for us
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hold tight
03:47
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Hold, hold me close, hold me closer than before, stop the night from falling
Love, love me more, love me more than you might know, stop the night from falling, stop the night from falling
Pull me from this place I go so far
Right here next to you and yet I'm a thousand miles away.
Say, "Hold tight, things are going to be alright."
Walk on this path alone and the light is falling night is coming
Feel where to go, still we don't know, keep pushin' on dear, keep pushin' on
Pull me from this place I go so far,
Tether me to soil and earth, give me roots to hold on to
Say, "Hold tight, things are going to be alright."
And the alders are in bloom while the swans make their return
Still there's so much left to learn
Can I figure this?
And the trail forks off ahead
I'm in mud up to my knees, still there's so much left to see.
Can we figure this?
If we hadn't gotten lost, we'd have never found this place
If we hadn't gotten lost
We can figure this
Say, "Hold tight, things are going to be alright."
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better weather
03:30
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Watching the colours drain from autumn leaves that slip into the grey
that absorbs everything, is it me or are things harder on these days?
Still we march our feet toward the sun slipping further out of reach
Bury under deeper layers as the geese sound out their escape
And leave us here in another dying year
How time will bend slowing closer to the end we sink into the deep
Every year undefined, every year not like the year before
Singing our common sigh of wondering what it is we work towards
And just how much is too much to hold?
Just how far down will we still go
'til hope springs again?
You lift me up, you keep the light on when I'm wandering in the dark
And bail me out
When the water's rising up towards the clouds
Well I'd do the same when the ghosts they come to stay
Put on the light to scare them all away
Let's wait this weather out
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