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I'm good at reading maps but never trust the direction I'm in
Am I close to letting go or will I hold on to everything you said
The grief of the living's always missing the grief of the dead
Keep what's bitter from the sorrow we don't have to be anything else
Take you where you want to go
I can never be free
If heaven is a hell below
Then I never want to leave
A heart off its leash can no longer find beauty in trust
It doesn't know it's been caught till the trap's already been sprung
If you wear your beauty like a bruise, maybe it will never cause you pain
We wake up in different cities & if we get lucky it fades
Take you where you want to go
I can never be free
If heaven is a hell below
Then I never want to leave
Maybe it's something you had now you don't
Promise yourself that you will but you won't
Do you love in spite of fear, is it simple enough
Dreams don't cost a dime but they’re worth just as much
A secret only we could know
We will never be free
If heaven is a hell below
Then we're somewhere in between
Take you where you want to go
But I can never be free
If heaven is a hell below
Then I never want to leave
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Artificial Stars
02:54
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Wish on artificial stars
Over California cities
Dance around a shallow heart
Full of vanity & pity
Congratulations taste like dust
For the rival who succeeds
Say you're happy through your teeth
Does it make you want to scream
Goodness might as well be blind
When you paint a pretty picture
Forgiveness doesn't mind
When a promise leads to failure
Evil only smiles
When you surrender what you love
When he's laughing in your face
Do you ever cry for us
I'll be as honest & true as I can
Who could be as in love with you as I am
I try to put this fire dead out again & again & again
We're just tiny sparks
In blue nights & barbed wire
Feel our way around the dark
For something that's familiar
Only when we lose ourselves
Is when we find we're free
We're here & gone forever
So take me in my sleep
Take me in my sleep
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Someone to stop the nightmares that you're dreaming
Your eyes have lost a love that can't be caught
Another shoe to drop, always more terror
But maybe there's more magic than you thought
Sometimes it stares you in the face but you can't see it
If you only want something don't tell yourself you need it
If it doesn't bring you joy then maybe you should leave it
If you make a promise to yourself make sure you keep it
It's always better to be inside a mystery
Maybe we will always live inside a question
Don't ask when you already know the answer
The last thing that you need right now's a lesson
Sometimes it stares you in the face but you can't see it
If you only want something don't tell yourself you need it
If it doesn't bring you joy then maybe you should leave it
If you make a promise to yourself make sure you keep it
Is it always about possession
Like there was something we could keep
Why are we always trying to bring things back to life
I don't know too much about that
Or much about anything
But you're the last one that I think of every night
Sometimes it stares you in the face but you can't see it
If you only want something don't tell yourself you need it
If it doesn't bring you joy then maybe you should leave it
If you make a promise to yourself make sure you keep it
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Beauty Dulls The Blade
02:42
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Why bet against fear every time
It's a loaded pair of dice
A mile of bad luck, aren't you tired
Of running for your life
Leave the tide, count the lights
Until every one is you
Spin the screen, lose the sun
Until I'm howling at the moon
Pinned in place like butterfly wings
Where the ending meets the where it begins
No cruelty left to inflict or forgive
No dreams or curses, fate or signs
Can stop the summer's fade
We all wish we that could be honest with ourselves
But beauty dulls the blade
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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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