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pocket light
02:53
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you know i understand
how the sting in the back of your throat
can dull the pain of perfect plans
but you nearly broke my heart when i called
and you told me it felt nice
to be spoken to like you were human for once
here i am, loving you comes human to me
you are the best thing in the world
you are the best thing
pocket light, flaming mars, blazing star
please don't burn out, without you i can't see
you never leave my head
i see you on the train making waves in the day
over and over again!
or you, burning on your countertop
but can you burn when your cornerstone is an airplane ride away?
here i am
loving you's the cornerstone of me
you are the best thing in the world
you are the best thing
pocket light, flaming mars, blazing star
please don't burn out before we get to see
your head in my lap again
your heavy heart in the palm of my hand
a house with a tree
please don't burn out, you're everything to me
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2. |
only
02:08
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i'm your only, you're my only
you can save us both if you love me
if you need me and you need me
you can lose your way to believe me
you can hate me, you can forsake me
but the lord will always take me
i'll forgive you, i'll outlive you
and the choice you make will too
i'm your only, you're my only
we are mind and soul and body
that ghost who used to live here wants a home to lay her head
but instead you offer my bed
we talk in the dark
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3. |
new words
02:15
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fly off the handle every direction
a mess of arrow desire
i can't carve myself the way that i want
but i sure can set it on fire
roots shooting up all overgrown
call me to come, the call drops on your phone
put up a curtain, ignore it hurting
violets grow out on the lawn
you are failing today!
he can see to the ground to the back
but you don't know what to say
new words
you've got no treasure to tell
your checkbook's balanced & done
love's a dark and treacherous well
but growing up needs the sun
shy away, take the roof for yourself
i never bite
i could take notes & share them with you
if you were gonna preach tonight
i am failing today!
i've got nothing but skin in the game
and i still don't know what to say
new words
you are failing today!
i know it's a delicate thing
but you owe it to me to say new words
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4. |
rider
02:19
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it felt like sin
it felt like a dirty conquest
i let you in
though i knew from the start
i could never hold you close without pretext
but i did it anyway
i couldn't sleep
i stared at the nape of your neck
til you slipped away
i hear you breathe
and i know in my heart
i cannot so much as touch you and feel okay
but i did it anyway
you look beautiful, alright
you look just like her with your hair down
you look beautiful in the light
you look just like her when you turn around
i'm yelling you can't have me but i'm not yelling that loud
i'm telling you can't have me
but you can't hear for the crowd
i let you in
though i knew from the start
i was never even there for you to be with
but i did it anyway
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5. |
landing
02:42
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lay down here with me
tell me that my body's working
won't you stay an hour more
help me tell my nerves they belong to me
tell the aches in my bones
that though they sting,
though they keep me lying awake,
their dull glow at the threshold of
an otherwise unlit runway --
and your hand on my shoulder
as an old-fashioned flagger --
sharply, they guide me to the gate
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