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Dance When You're Broken Open

by That Dream Was Our Life

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I used to think love would set me free But you're a pair of handcuffs with no key You're last year's eclipse seen through a telescope If I stare too long will I go blind with hope I used to hope my heart could be your home But I wake up in a birdcage made of bone You're the alchemist that turns the air to gold I'm the masochist that always asks for more Dreams get so wild Turn down the lights Draw the blinds & close the doors You are a light That casts shadows so wide But shadows never keep you warm You'll be the song of the summer Eyes that dance like a flame Lift me up like no other I don't know how to be safe Confessions that sound like a promise You make me less of a fake I'd rather be blind than be honest Can you roll my burden away
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BYT 03:34
Bright young things & city trash Winter birthdays leave me cold A heart that's stuffed with straw Some burdens should not be told Inside jokes disarm my fear How much do I get wrong Are you a funhouse mirror That sets my dreams to song Say the first thing in your head You have to meet fate To see how it ends If I'm honest with myself I want someone to take the wheel I don't have to risk anything If I put you out of reach Have I known all the love that I'll know Was any of it true I never wanted to run out Of memories of you Say the first thing that's in your head You have to meet fate To see how it ends If I leave now we could stay friends The universe breathes out And we'll meet again
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The prison of an open mind Traps us in the prison of a life Believing lies as truth & truth as lies Believe them all Left the summer with a broken neck Found a better way to hurt myself Let my hopes pile up as high as debt And watch them fall All the sadness that I put you through Why do I do the stupid things I do The future's broken but it's something new Untried & true The last five years in a revolving door Moving forward but I'm never sure Can I ask you for a little more To get me through I left New York with a warmth in my heart I wish that I could keep it I can almost see you in the dark I left New York with a dream in my heart I wish that I could keep it I can almost feel you in the dark Sometimes I can't deny it When you smile, when you smile Sometimes I try to hide it But when you smile I feel a little more alive
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Dark Matter 02:50
Can't sleep I'm watching the clock Second hand screams in my heart Death dreams & colliding stars You're wings of feathers & wax In summer heat & heart attacks How do you keep from falling apart Light years between you & me Your dark eyes a lost galaxy Wish you were here but it's over now It's not always the depth Of disappointment it's the frequency that gets to you & blinds the grace we've been allowed How do we forgive ourselves How do we begin again It's only safe when it's unheard Let's follow gravity's curve And head for the end of the world Trade what we love for pretty words

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"Tell the truth through whichever veil comes to hand but tell it. Resign yourself to the lifelong sadness that comes from never ­being satisfied." - Zadie Smith

Dance When You're Broken Open includes four songs (& a bonus track). This is the *fifth* EP in my 2018 series, Unremembered Year. Check out the subscribe tab above for more information.

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released July 20, 2018

Written in Google Keep
Recorded to iPhone & edited in Audacity
Photo: North 3rd St 6/5/2018

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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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