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Beholden
03:16
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I've been waiting so long for you to see
that you are beholden to me
You made an empty promise
but it's one that you will keep
So be what you said you would be
"It's better to be grounded than to fly too close to the sun"
That mantra won't suffice
We'll have to find a new one
For without love
There is no heartache
But I cannot sleep alone
And I'm alright
But I've been better
The heaviest I've ever been is with you on my mind
There was a light that kept knocking at my door
But I turned away; it wasn't you
Gone for forty years
And 21 I've spent alone
Give me a lie
Give me a light
You wouldn't feel this grounded if you flew closer to the sun
Although you are imperfect, I think your time has come
For without love
There is no heartache
But I cannot sleep alone
And I'm alright
But to be honest
The heaviest I've ever been is with you on my mind
Where will you be
Where will you be
Where will you be when the regret sets in?
For without love
There is no heartache
But I cannot sleep alone
And I'm alright
But to be honest
The heaviest I've ever been is with you on my mind
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Cálmate
02:19
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I don't want you around
But I don't want to lose you
That's tougher than I thought it would be to say out loud
But you sat in sick rigidity
and rolled your eyes past me
You might wait for a long time yet
Coming home to an empty bed
Chasing voices inside your head
Don't you know that all things change
Now we will never be the same
When you cut me down while I praised your name
You're a love I can live without
I hope that all you put me through
Is right there next to you
Don't drink too much - you might say something
Don't think too much - you might hurt something
And tonight's not your night
So get out of the moonlight
Don't you know that all things change
Now never will we be the same
When I felt as much love as you felt shame
You're a friend I can live without
I was told that it is patient
I was told it is kind
But you were neither of the two
Now I'm crooning to you
That now you're wondering where I'll go
Well, it's better than with you - that I know
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Without Tragedy
03:48
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You've a right to be everything
to someone other than myself
I cannot hold you if you go
but let me know
if you'd like to stay what you are 'cause it feels like home
And since I was a young boy I
thought you without me
was more like a decent writer without tragedy
And all I wanted was for you to gussy up and look me in the eye
And tell me that another version of you'd be this hard to find
Oh, how we've searched so long and still have yet to see the stars align
To be left among all those we chose to leave behind
I will find something new again
to suture Autumn to for life
I can't dismiss
or condone
what we are
but it's on the line for the last time
And all I wanted was for you to gussy up and look me in the eye
And tell me that another version of you'd be this hard to find
Oh, how we've searched so long and still have yet to see the stars align
To be left among all those we chose to leave behind
I won't be an idle one
I won't wait for the suits to come
Why should I have a forward mind
When I'm still having all these dreams about high school?
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Starving
01:50
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Was it right
To be mind
ful of you
from the very start
Or am I
wasting time
by ceding
my part
Forgive for what I have said
I was too hungry and spent too much time in bed
Isn't it alone
Isn't it alone
Isn't it a lonely way to be
Isn't it alone
Isn't it alone
Isn't it alone
When you have everything you need to survive
And you're starving
I can't eat
Can't sleep
Can't feel can't think
And I'm not sure that I ever could
I feel like I've been wasting my own sovereignty
If you think you'd use it more then please take it from me
Isn't it alone
Isn't it alone
Isn't it a lonely way to be
Isn't it alone
Isn't it alone
Isn't it alone
When you have everything you need to survive
And you're starving
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