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You don't have to stay if it's not what you want
There are times everyone faces the dark
A house without walls & you're swimming with sharks
You can rebuild but how do you start
The past rearranges itself like a dream
If love never smiled we'd never know grief
A diver that disappears into the sea
You can count down but don't count on me
Hope gets us there but what sees us through
Why do I hold back when it comes to you
The things I believe are so paper-thin
I'm on the outside of you looking in
Wade through a narrow of grace & regret
The water that rises up to your chest
You said you don't know how much deeper it gets
You can go under but you won't forget
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Hide The World
04:05
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The sentimental breeze of September
Springs the summer from my knees
I'm drained & discolored as the leaves
You spin me around & about
Until I can't tell true north from my south
A heart so wild that it could hide the world for a while
A secret smile that could wipe the past from our eyes
I'm blind in the dark & the sand
Trying to find the trail to your hands
There's one more thing that I could never understand
They say that a heart can't stay broken forever
But what if it never gets the chance
A secret smile that could wipe the past from our eyes
A heart so wild that it could hide the world for a while
Let's go for a ride
The desert is moonless & quiet
You could fall asleep & lay your head by my side
It won't last forever I just want to remember
What it's like
When you say
You've put too much into this life
And can't walk away
I know that you're right
But when I say the words I don't want an answer
I just want to be heard
A heart so wild that it could hide the world for a while
A secret smile that could wipe the past from our eyes
I'm almost blind
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Lightness of Being
02:33
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Who's got their arms around you underneath the moon
Don't you think it's a little too soon
The pink of the sky rises over the dunes
I'm asleep in my car still dreaming about you
Take my shirt for the cold, this desert's unforgiving
A stone too small to hold at the center of your being
There's ice on the sidewalk, I'm pounding on your door
And you act like you've never let me in before
White gold in my pocket, I was so sure
But now I remember you don't live here anymore
Someone to take the wheel, I'm tired of driving
The only thing I feel is the lightness of being
Is it better than anything else
Than anything you've ever felt
Than anything you can say yourself
Take the dreams from my eyes, I'm tired of crying
Grains of lost desire at the center of my being
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Heaven That You Don't
04:20
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I've got to get to you somehow
Midsummer light is fading fast
Moments till the sun comes down
Can you find a way to make it last
Every empty hour I'm counting backwards till it breaks the spell
You said it yourself
Why wait so long when there's an evil that you know
A heaven that you don't
What are you waiting for
I used to think I was alone
What's lost is never truly found
Of all the love I've ever known
You're the one that's never let me down
Every wasted hour I'm walking backwards till it breaks the spell
You said it yourself
Why wait so long when there's an evil that you know
A heaven that you don't
What are you living for
From the window of Flight 668
Fireworks are tiny sparks
They float & they disintegrate
Bursts as silent as our hearts
Every endless hour I'm looking backwards till it breaks the spell
You said it yourself
Why wait so long when there's an evil that you know
A heaven that you don't
What are you wishing for
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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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