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Postpone all futures,
delay all departures
Permit my addiction,
sure, indulge the children too
I needed to know you sooner
I still need to hold you closer
But twenty-one years as a cynic,
half of it sick in the city
I gave all my tears to the buildings,
I hid my affairs from siblings
I just need to trust you sooner
I still think I owe you some answers
So love stumbled sideways,
I'll take the blame
Praising the image
outside the frame
A lost cause
Just distant
Can you tell the difference
A Year of things I didn't say
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Death of a Loved One
02:46
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If you're as overwhelmed as I am,
try not to think about,
your own sudden death
or the death of a loved one
If you're as underwhelmed as I am,
try not to listen to,
the voices outside your own head
Cause I'm just trying to be some better man,
of influence
Unshakable
Before we're done,
you'll say I'm right
We all close our eyes,
believing the lies of a loved one
The lies of a loved one
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3. |
Coast (Modern Retelling)
03:57
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Hear some shit inside your head,
as we float by the coast
Tremble ever so slightly,
of course, you notice
Stick-thin disaster,
I could have worshipped harder
My ambient fiction,
your sombre salt laughter and tears collide,
on your cheek,
mercifully
Lie, cling to the ritual,
routine as distraction
Relinquish control right at the edge,
I put my fear in my hand luggage
Stick-thin disaster,
I could have worshipped harder
My ambient fiction,
your sombre salt laughter and tears collide,
on your cheek,
mercifully
I can’t help this feeling I get,
I’m not supposed to be here at all
Eyes closed, jaw set, fists clenched,
to spit in the face of God (what God is that)
Like a shadow stalks the water (what shape is that)
strange thoughts cross my mind
I can’t help this feeling I get
Crash-land love right into me,
my heart's in my throat
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Look for meaning,
get distracted
Buy a picture frame,
leave it empty
It might sit there for the winter, spring,
and summer too
In the Autumn,
I lose my mind
I’m breaking promises,
ahead of time
I know I said that I would meet you,
but I feel unwell
It’s probably nothing,
I’ll be fine
It’s probably nothing,
another lie
Glimpsing that same old life,
out of the corner of your eye
Reading that book he loved,
hearing that song she played
Fingernails on pale skin
Shaking steel as medicine
Look for meaning,
get distracted
Buy a picture frame,
leave it empty
In the Autumn,
I lose my mind
I’m breaking promises,
ahead of time
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Participant Dublin, Ireland
Participant is a project by Dublin based musician Stephen Tiernan. Combining ambient and electronic elements with sincere songs.
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