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Tracer
03:54
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I know that you're not what's missing
But it feels like you are
How many moments must I miss
Existing out of time
But there's no glory in that
Staring at the ceiling fan
Crying just because you can
What if I don't feel different after this?
What if I don't feel different after this?
Thoughts are born and seek salvation
You killed them before they could walk
I've never finished anything
So why am I asking for more?
A tourist
Holding out
For something that'll never be said
I had that dream
The one where we talk for 5 minutes and you say
What took you so long?
What took you so long?
What if I don't feel different after this?
What if I don't feel different after this?
Why am I still, now, asking you?
What if I don't feel different after this?
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Dead Oceans
04:11
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Tears fall on the circuit boards
They don't work like they did before
Taking pictures on the bridge
As the sun goes cold and dim
Let's pretend this isn't happening
Like September to a summer fling
Let's ignore the inevitable
You say, like that's a choice
Autumn leaves in the drain
You run from change till it finds you on a perfect day
You tell me that it's a shame
Time moves past us in such a permanent way
In dead oceans still the breakers fold
Strip me down but stop before my soul
Still there's nowhere that I'd rather be
Than the first boat that the sea can't reach
Autumn leaves in the drain
You run from change till it finds you on a perfect day
You tell me that it's a shame
Time moved past us in such a permanent way
And there was something
In the way that we used to disagree
It felt so good
I'm out of air now and I don't feel a thing
I don't feel a thing
Stars in retreat
Plots never ending now with
Nothing in between
Can someone change the batteries again, again, again
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Cold Star
04:14
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Is that it then?
Is there nothing I can say?
Must I watch you
As you pour yourself away?
In the place that
I should have squashed the thought
But you know that
Our mistakes are ours to make, once more
But you can't hide from me like you hide from yourself
You went missing
I can't look at what you found
Just a moment
and i don't recognise your hands
You said ask me
Could I ever step away
I know the answer
But I need to hear you say it
But you can't hide from me like you hide from yourself
Because you're swimming in the light of a cold star
I can stay till the end
When the waves break on your face
As you drive round the bend
And you know it's all too late
Swimming in the light of a cold star
I just want it to make sense
In the hope that one day
It will be as if it never didnt
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You're swinging your legs over the edge of your mind
You grew around a trellis while I lived all nine lifetimes
Dreams made out of daylight, you pulled them from our mouths
Always felt like I should be somewhere else
You knocked your glass into your teeth
And the daisies came in spinning
You said the planes are all on wires
And the stars are on the ceiling
You're holding them up with your mind
You're holding them up with your mind
But know, know I understand
I always understand
I'll always understand
A glass half empty voice starts kicking in
A migraine that lasted three years outlived your broken sink
You swallowed all the things that made your fingers disappear
Like the cotton wool you land on and screw in your ears
When you can't get where you belong
And you feel like disappearing
You said the planes are all on wires
And the stars are on the ceiling
You're holding them up with your mind
You're holding them up with your mind
But know
You know I understand
I always understand
There's too many sky pieces
You said you're not quite yourself
Not quite yourself
Don't speak softly of me
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Oliver Beardmore Birmingham, UK
Oliver’s new direction defines a sonic palate which places him at the end of a more avant-garde lineage: inspired sonically by shoegaze and dream pop royalty My Bloody Valentine and Slowdive but with a melodic sensibility more akin to Lorde and Mazzy Star. ... more
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