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Via Negativa

by That Dream Was Our Life

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90 Second Serenade 03:31
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The city waits behind the fog Like a smile behind your hair The flight attendant says it won't be long Until we're safely in the air Moving on a holiday Nightmares & fights still echo off the walls A coat of paint over the year It's like you were never there at all The glow that lights your face It's keeping me awake It makes me more of a fool It makes me less of a fake My heart see-saws down Cherry St It rises & falls every time you laugh The blue of distance in your eyes reminds me All things die but sometimes they come back The glow that lights your face It's keeping me awake It makes me more of a fool It makes me less of a fake Most people are terrified, including me Of showing their true heart There's a beauty & a comfort & a helplessness in knowing what you are Someone's singing on a subway car A 90 second serenade I'm swimming in these dreams of you Tea leaves & flowers are floating in your wake
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Washington Ave Pigeons 03:05
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Want a different face, want to change my name All the reasons why are too much to explain Gave up cynicism for something to believe I tried to leave this town but I couldn't break the lease Packed for California, sent my dreams out west Sometimes things don't work out but I guess it's for the best No one at the station, a tail between my knees A cause for celebration but all I do is grieve What do you fear the most? Is it ending up alone? Is it never finding someone or is it never finding home I've got a lighter load but I'm moving just as slow I'm tired of being scared, I'm tired of getting old You melt me with a look, I want to kiss you in the snow It's been a lifetime since I've felt anything but cold You make all my thoughts scatter when I thought that they were clear Like Washington Ave Pigeons every time that you are near I'm floating down the street & I'm falling through the years I can see your breath & you're laughing through your tears Ashes turn to ashes, desire turns to dust Secret notes that you leave hidden in the backseat of the bus Pretty things for both of us
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trust in your surrender is the only way through fear 02:19
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Trust in your surrender is the only way through fear These nights go on forever February lasts a year Staring up the second floor Bars on the revolving door Sometimes you feel you've had enough but you always ask for more Pretty words, hidden debt All of mine for all of yours Pay it down Every face you've dreamed is one you've seen before The first stop, the last hope You should never have to choose Sometimes I pretended every single word was true If I keep you out of reach then I never have to lose Sometimes I pretended every single word was true
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Love Connection SLC 03:04
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Sarah & I were leaving Salt Lake City Searching for a bar that looked like Howl's Moving Castle The clouds are rolling down are you coming with me Illusions only serve to obscure the answers We can't speak to the past but the past can reach the future Pretty words & bluebells for a dead bouquet All my dreams burned out before they could even reach you Hope draws like blood & leaves you just as drained It's been lonelier than it's been cold And this winter's been colder than most I believe in love but not its permanence But I'm happier than I was before we met You can only say so much out of chance or danger You're always on my mind but I'm trying to forget It's not minutes but it's moments that make it real If I believe this can I love you without fear

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TDWOL EP 28 // VIA NEGATIVA // Four songs for Winter In Philly: It's the muted color palette & quiet that invites solitude, the tilt of the earth that makes for short days & endless months. But it's also the lights & inviting warmth of your favorite bar or a friend's house glowing in the distance, the exchange of breath between two people becoming visible. All of mine for all of yours xx

Written between pages of Annie Dillard, Gretel Ehrlich & Maria Popova, episodes of Letterkenny, and loping, meandering runs along the Delaware.

This is the *first* EP in my 2019 series. Check out the subscribe link for more information!

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released February 14, 2019

Written in Google Keep
Recorded to iPhone & edited in Audacity
Photo: Ben Franklin Bridge Philadelphia PA 1/18/2019

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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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