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Early Spark
02:49
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If the world should end tonight
Then we've got a lot to do
The blood moon fills the night
& shines on me & you
Does it scare you a little
Does it fill you with a song
There's an early spark in your eyes
like you've known all along
A signal for the end
Or something beautiful in the sky
Words from celestial hands
That we only see once in a while
Because skies can tremble & hearts can always change
I wish we were lovers but I don't mind being awake
In the movie of me & you
This is the split screen part
You're so pretty when you bite your lip
I can barely speak my heart
We can fight the future
When we truly touch
It doesn't make it easier
When I miss you so much
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Life Above 8000
02:01
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A heart too hard to climb
Summits in your eyes
Where there's still some light there's always time
Dust & atmosphere
Air gets thin up here
I'm paralyzed with fear when you are near
Secrets too cold to know
Encased in ice & snow
A voice that chills your bones from years ago
Guide my way across
Crevasses of shame & loss
Over dreams that I forgot & love that I have not
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When it costs too much to stay & it hurts too much to leave
When the voice inside your heart gets lost between the beats
The stars are spelling out all the answers that you need
Where the earth & sky should touch
Rayana, that's where we'll meet
If the furthest that we go is further than we've ever known
Let this always feel like home
After the death & darkness I went to see life & the light
Decisions can seem so harmless but you only want to know what's right
Plans you lay across your life like the lattice of a crystal
You act like you don't care
And your laugh goes off like a pistol
If the closest that we get is a plane roar overhead
Don't make this easy to forget
Objects that float in space & surround your pretty face
Are we ever really still, do we ever stay in place
If the furthest that we go is further than we've ever known
Let this always feel like home
If the closest that we get is a plane roar overhead
Don't make this easy to forget
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I Would Buy You A Ring
02:30
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If we give everything we have every single time
If we live for something more then we never have to die
Everyone feels alone but this is where we make things right
When I see your pretty face & I take your hand in mine
And if you wanted, I would buy you a ring
Full of expectations for the future that it brings
Hopes & good intentions are only part of everything
There were impossibilities in the life I knew before
Waves can crush your heart while you're searching for the shore
Anchors in the ocean when we find ourselves adrift
We are shipwrecks of devotion but waves can also lift
And if you wanted, I would buy you a ring
Full of expectations for the future that it brings
Dreams & good intentions are at the heart of everything
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Ran into Maddie on the street the other day
She said she nannies at a house around the way
I hadn't seen her since the month you went away
She didn't ask me how I was but that's OK
I got your message but I never made a call
I couldn't say it didn't bother me at all
I wrote a letter but I never sent it through
The more I think, the less I've got to say to you
Vegans with the need to constantly remind you of the fact that they are vegan all the time
sXe kids who make coffee their whole scene
Trading one vice for another in a bean
You only want those who remind you of yourself
Hipsters & punks who never love anyone else
Does your boyfriend take in every word you've said
And say "That bastard's never touching you again"
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(No Subject)
01:52
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You're the wind that breaks my wings
The blood between my teeth
You're the cracks inside my heart between every tired beat
The beats started running out when you started finding out
I wasn't who you hoped I'd be
Someone that you can trust
Someone with a little luck
If I never forgive myself does it pay my debt down enough
My luck started running out when you started stepping out
But you were doing what was best
You saw a life with me & flinched
It was choking you inch by inch
If I never see your face, isn't that the best revenge
Try as hard as I might, I always knew you were right
& I never tried to find you
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That Dream Was Our Life Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Introspective & prolific, James Cuartero AKA That Dream Was Our Life has been making music as a solo artist since 2014. Described as "a thinking man’s songwriter who stays away from the trap of being defined by a single genre", Cuartero has released fifty EPs, six compilations, & numerous singles over the past ten years. No t-shirts though. ... more
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