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Holistic
03:12
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Arrived on the scene, so unfamiliar to me
A sense of clumsiness in a place I'd never been
I found out it's so hard not to act like myself
A sense of loneliness, a sense I need to shut my mouth
Hey, it's okay. Let confusion melt away
I watch the parting clouds. Is that the sun that's coming out?
Ask me and I'd say that I survived another day
"I got it figured out"
Cause you came and you changed all my thoughts and beliefs
Everything's connected
It's no coincidence that you caught me red-handed
I'm out of my element
A curious specimen
An empty sentiment, but I can't catch a break
I don't know where you'll end up, but I hope it's somewhere you belong
They say that nothing happens by chance these days, and I don't think they're wrong
I don't know where I'll end up, but I hope it's somewhere I'll belong
They say that everything's connected, yet I still feel so alone
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Scorpion Grass
03:48
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Can I stay awake long enough to get a look at your face?
See if it's really changed that much since we last came
So close, and ain't it strange to know someone else better than yourself?
But I don't think it'll help
I don't think it'll help, but what do I know about composure over my mental health?
Fall back on familiar patterns and dangerous habits; a false sense of control
I've gathered that you would rather have a wider range to roam
So when you weigh your options and cross that body of aquamarine
May you find your peace with the pieces we can't rebuild
Rinse and repeat
At first it seemed a fitting curse: retribution for the worst things that I'd done on this earth
And when I fell, I fell back on verse
It was the morning of with a mouthful of dirt
Choke and brush it off, only making things worse
The weight of my worth weighed so heavy on my shoulders
Fall back
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Lavender & Honey
03:57
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I want to taste your neck, but the smell of your sweat sends a wave down
Over my head now, and I can't relax
And my heart gets a chill, like you're cooling me down
But all this pressure is building a fracture
I don't sleep so sound
So I will cut my hair to the way that you like
And probably scratch my scalp about a thousand times
Or maybe wear a hat for the rest of my life, or at least until it grows into a style I think I'd like
That'd be just fine
Yeah that'd be just fine
I want to taste relief, but the scent on the breeze is so sickly
Like lavender and honey
As if you know me
I will take my time, a ship in a bottle
It's a tough act to follow, but a harder pill to swallow
But I don't want to choke
No, I don't want to choke
I can't control you
But you can't console me
So I bound all the pages and burnt the books
The bricks caved in; the gold was meant for fools
Heard whispers in the walls, don't believe in ghosts
Just the lingering things I can't control
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Olive Branch
02:53
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I awoke with fingers broken, face down in my garden
As the smoke rose I felt my heart begin to harden
Drowning in the whites of the margins, so a day spent in the red
Results in tumultuous ocean waters like tsunamis in my head
And I want to say that I'm sorry to my mom and to my dad
Cause my art's not ripe for harvest, and I've been fucking things up bad
Yeah my heart remains unguarded: a target for scuffs and dents
So bury your head in the sand
Swallow the salt and cough up the seeds I need to cultivate this land
Cause I can't meet demands
Bury my head in the sand so I never hear your voice again
And I remember the warmth of your neck in my hands when I broke your olive branch
I just can't settle on something permanent
Sifting through soil to find the terminus
Good for nothing invertebrate
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Gorse
03:23
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Rinse with a drink, then repeat for every sin
Cause when you fail someone you love, it always hurts more than you think
Let the situation stagnate while you're staring at your feet
And you're surprised that rock bottom could actually be this deep, and cold
Let the chill set in your bones
Cause you needed something that would make you feel new
And I need someone to cut me loose
Cause I'm hanging by a thread, by the strands in my head
What can you do when it's all for the greater good?
Is this cathartic, or would I not know what that means?
Am I an artist? Is that just a thing I'll tell my kids?
Are we all targets? Because if so, my aim is weak
And I'm not afraid to hurt what I can't see, and it shows
Yeah, I can feel it in my bones
You need something
I need someone
You need something, and I need you
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Luciano Ferrara and the Ensuing Disaster Albany, New York
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