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Real Enough
03:23
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We looked down and hoped to see the bottom
But I have no doubt that’s where we are
I made a choice to send you off, alone
I wrote some words for no one
I didn’t wanna bury you or to build you up
I was afraid to, in case it left a mark
When every instinct told me, “That’s enough.”
Thought I could brush it off or could suppress it
And head on back into the race
But just surviving doesn’t mean you’re healing
Took me a while to see it that way
I didn’t wanna bury you or to build you up
I was afraid to, in case it left a mark
When every instinct told me, “That’s enough.”
And wouldn’t it be just like me to take it too far
And wear my worry lines like battle scars
But it was real enough, real enough for us
There is a spot in the corner of a garden
To mark the departed and those who never started
I’ve tried to face it sober, the end of each October
Eyes closed until you feel both feet free from the ground
And we won’t come down
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2. |
Falling Forwards
03:05
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How many people know what you’ve been facing?
Grit your teeth or learn to take a beating
Trust me there’s more to you than this
We’re trying not to let it win
When our hearts were skipping out of our chests, my head went somewhere else
Falling forwards,
Falling forwards,
I’m gonna let it go
I’ve seen it creep up and I’ve watched it take her
I wanna restart; I wanna maker her safer
Pray for a false alarm
But you can’t have it your own way
So I try to breathe keep calm
But I couldn’t get out of my own way.
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I thought that we’d done the hard part
Yeah, I though it was over, turns out it never goes away
Please don’t tell me it gets better
That just seems so far away
I thought that we’d done the hard part
Guess now it’s out in the open
Say goodbye to old you, whether you wanted it this way
It’s a choice no longer ours to make
Once it was everywhere, I haven’t seen it for days
Yeah, it just lurks in the shadows, content to sit and wait
Please don’t tell me it gets better
That just seems so far away
Could we just talk about the weather?
Maybe it’ll change
Please don’t tell me it gets better
Sometimes partially frozen,
And thawing at the core,
Causing cracks in the surface
Soon it’ll be coming up roses, just maybe not today
Please don’t tell me it gets better
That just seems so far away
Could we just talk about the weather?
Maybe it’ll change
Please don’t tell me it gets …
I’ve been saying, “This isn’t me,” for far too long
Maybe it’s time to agree that it was all along
Losing battles of whit, in between every hit
‘Till I can see it for myself, please don’t tell me it gets better
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There are no photographs
There’s a twenty-year period blank
Did you even exist?
I’d try to be honest
But I’ve been trying not to laugh
Because I caught myself say it aloud
Now I can’t take it back
Surely there’s something more
Empty your pockets and just spill them out, onto the floor
Don’t let me stop you ‘cause we need each other more
At least I need you
Sometimes nothing
Sometimes all of it out all at once
It’s the strangest thing
We never thought that it would happen to us
But every now and then I see them
Those tiny little flashes of light
I’ve been fumbling around in the darkness
Help me out anytime
Surely there’s something more
Empty your pockets and just spill them out, onto the floor
Don’t let me stop you ‘cause we need each other more
At least I need you
Yeah, maybe it’s time that we face it
Today, I’m in the mood to embrace it
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5. |
I See Glimpses
04:24
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Well, it looks like bad, bad, bad news
I dreamt you into a living, breathing human being
In another life, we took you home, I sang to you
And I’d tell you all my stories, it’s ok if you get bored, they all do
Now the edges are blurring
The frames are recurring
And your open arms, so comforting
From the sadness, the aching, the holes and a cemetery of milestones
Is waiting
And I would never give up, give up on you
And If you’re sinking through the floor,
Rest assured, I’ll be sinking through it too
Now the edges are blurring
The frames are recurring
And your open arms, so comforting
From the sadness, the aching, the holes and a cemetery of milestones
Is waiting
I won’t try to escape
I feel better when I’m here
To desperation, too cruelest nature,
We have no choice but to concede
Now we’re quiet in the waiting room
And we’re crying in the car park
We’ll be home soon
I pictured who you’d look like
I named you a dozen times
But there’s life under the surface
Just enough to stay alive
I see glimpses
Of you old you, of the old me
But I feel as though I’ve changed and now I’m sorry
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6. |
Punch Line
03:58
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Well so much for once
It happened again
So much for taking each day at a time, never quite got the hang of that
And so much for hope
I should never have let you in
Now who looks the fool telling everyone else they’d be nothing without it
It might not seem much
I made it through the week
But inside I’m still breaking apart, silent killer, a poisoned water stream
Stepped out on the ice
How thin could it be anyway?
Never thought I could be worthy of help so I never asked for it
Now here I am
Picking at the cracks
Watch it crumbling, watch it turn to sand
How will we stay up, with nothing under us?
So much for us
I think we’re disappearing
Someone told me grief is just what’s left of love, when it’s lost its recipient
I talk and I talk myself in
I talk and I talk myself out
This way’s going to hurt
But it’s the only way out and we know it
So which face is it?
‘Cause I can never guess
Part time activist, jaded nihilist or unabashed optimist?
I can never guess
So I’m done with it
Yeah, I’m done with it
Singing from the heart
Sleeping in your car
What’s that song about?
Fucking work it out
Am I the fist or the rope?
The punchline or the joke?
Of all my built-in responses, which one do you want?
It started as a speck of dust
Now it’s choking both of us
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7. |
The Moments We Aim For
03:53
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Are you lost, or are you still hopeful?
When you gave up fighting the good fight, did you give up for good?
Don’t want to step on any toes
But I’m tired of being the one always looking for answers
We tried to talk it over, and it turns out it didn’t help
We’ll just see how it goes
Depend on how honest he is
I saw you mouthing the words, but then you slowly turned
With an indifference you made no attempt to hide
But lately I’ve been waking up new
In between every downpour
If only for a second or two
Those are the moments we aim for
I made this by myself
Though it was hardly an achievement
Just a playlist of my favourite hits
The same highs, the same lows recycled
And I’ll admit that I’ve let too much pass me by
I’m always stalling the engine or glancing at the exit
When the shit hits, we’ll be the only ones left
We’ll start again, we’ll start again
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Something’s telling me to run
Something’s telling me to keep on waiting
I could do neither without you
I wanna drink alone
I wanna be untraceable
No matter how far from home
Every detail stays entombed
It never matters how small
You’re always asking those same questions
(Just to interrupt the flow)
I’m always drawing out the words
(Each one deliberately and slow)
And you could call this resignation
But to me it feels like acceptance, acceptance
A subtle crack creeps round the edges of your window
You can try but, in the end, you just can’t force something to grow
I learnt to leave it well alone
Never aspired much to ascend
The air gets thinner up there
We found our answers beyond a heartbreak
(Only partially exposed)
A brief summation of our history
(Wrapped up and gallantly bestowed)
Without a trace of hesitation
Received with deep appreciation
And if it’s out of your control
Just let it go
Something’s telling me to run
Something’s telling me to keep on waiting
I could do neither without you
You know you’ve always been my backbone
Can’t afford to have you crumbling now
Watched you pay for it
Could you be brave, could you wait
Another day, another moment
Yeah I’m all out to try and turn this around
And reinvent from the inside out
Something’s telling me to run
Something’s telling me to keep on waiting
I could do neither without you
You know you’ve always been my backbone
Can’t afford to have you crumbling now
Watched you pay for it
You know you’ve always been my backbone can’t afford
(Watched you pay for it)
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9. |
The Tide
04:03
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If you know me, yeah
Like I think I know you
Then you would know what I’ve been thinking ‘cause you’re thinking it too
Don’t be afraid to tell me the truth
And if you still want me, yeah
Then I would wait for you, while you’d be thinking it through
Am I just one in the crowd or the last of the chosen few?
There’s no discerning right of passage that exists for us
So throw away your disappointments ‘cause from now on we are making it up
What better way to embrace all that we’ve come through?
But it feels like we’re still waiting
And the closer we are towards home
The further I feel from it
Hanging around for so long that I bet you that by the time we had tried to atone
All the meaning had withered
All the meaning had …
You know the longest is always my preferred route to the point
Through every kind of conversation you could try to avoid
Give me piece in my brain
Give me space that I can grow into
I’m gonna mark out all the edges so you don’t forget
It feels like it should be over but I promise you we’re nowhere near yet
I found a way to embrace all the things I can’t undo
It feels like we’re still waiting
And the closer we are towards home
The further I feel from it
Hanging around
All this time you’ve been yearning
I don’t want to say it too loud
But I think the tide may be turning
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10. |
The Spaces In Between
03:31
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The cruellest joke
Always punching down
Always striking out
Never seeing the bigger picture
What if we emptied you out of all your morals and fables?
Just elbows on the table and rolled up cigarettes burning your fingers
I’ve been seeing myself through the eyes of someone else
I’m not the only one that felt like a quitter
And when the pieces always fall,
They fall the furthest apart
Until you don’t know where to start
Most get close but don’t fit back together
(So, I fold)
In the shadow of the lucky ones
We’re held together by the strongest bond
There’s a thinning of the shroud
A flicker in the cloud
The spaces in between are yours forever
Did I say something out of turn
That made you turn around
Made you look at me and frown
Made a summer afternoon feel like winter
We didn’t realise it yet
But the worst it could get was not the worst it would get
But together, we’ll weather the storm
(So, I fold)
In the shadow of the lucky ones
We’re held together by the strongest bond
There’s a thinning of the shroud
A flicker in the cloud
The spaces in between are yours forever
(So, I fold)
I fold
The space in between will be yours
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