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Brand New
04:37
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I latch on to a bad idea and, hold it close
All I did today was sit by the side of a lake, skipping stones
What more could, I want
What more could, I do
To try to feel, brand new
Wake up late on a Saturday morning, I can taste the light
A swing in my step and a trace of regret, I was the perfect fool last night
What more could, I want
What more could, I do
To try to feel, brand new
Smoking cigarettes and talking shit with my friends, until we rot
We found magic in this parking lot, against all odds
What more could, I want
What more could, I do
To try to feel, brand new
Brand new, like you
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Infection
05:36
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We fucked in the kitchen
Showered together
Washed off the attachment
And dressed for the weather
And now your affection
Is like an infection
I want to see you
Look right through me
Find something so awful
That it's hard to believe
You want words for the feeling
But how can I say it?
I bailed on you last night
Just to stare at the ceiling
I'm ugly on the inside
Am I infected?
Empty spaces
Need not be filled
Restless tension
Captured on film
Pose for the camera
A smile made of glass
Cracked and distracted
By the rotting of your flesh
And the fear of rejection
Is all you have left
And the thought of perfection
Is like an infection
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Listless
05:00
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Time's been wasted, looking for the truth
Asking questions, I don't even want the answers to
Hold me sweetly, when I turn to stone
Jagged edges, will eventually erode
Floating aimless, from one thing to the next
Souls in transit, on the way to rest
Quick and painless, or at least so I've been told
Soon you'll forget, any notions of a home
Same old story, that you wrote about yourself
Ending strangely, as if there's a little more to tell
There is power, in uncertainty
Wild flowers, grow unpredictably
Spirits lifted, toward the canopy
Thoughts have shifted, to invisibility
Spent too much time, with my head stuck in the clouds
Grew light-hearted, and suspicious of the ground
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Natural Light
04:05
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Sometimes I say I do, when I really don't
Promise that I will, we both know I won't
Two out of three oh three out of five
We're playing the game and the odds are right
Only the lucky ones, ever get to know
(What it's like to glow)
Never arrive too soon, always light up the room
(You break all the right rules)
I try to play it cool, I know it's hopeless to
With a flick of my wrist, I'll roll the dice
Take my chances on a slight of hand
I was just thinking, it might be nice
If we started talking without a plan
When this whole world turns to night
There is something I've come to understand
You have a natural light
You have a natural light
Oh I'm just a creature of the night
You have a natural light
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Nathan Swiss Victoria, British Columbia
I hope you like it.
he/him
Lekwungen Territory (Victoria, BC)
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