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I Am Almost Another Person When My Eyes Are Open

by That Dream Was Our Life

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yr the chill that never leaves my bones 02:51
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yr the chill that never leaves my bones yr the wind that catches in my throat yr the guilt that never keeps me warm yr the thrill that blinds me like the snow yr the wish that melts against my skin yr the kiss i'll never know again yr the starving bird diving for a bell yr the magic word that breaks the only spell tell me i'm the one who got away i'm the consequence you'll never have to face i'm the decision that's always made in haste i'm the soul you'll never have to save i'm the love you've already replaced yr the chance i'll never have to take yr the future i'll never have to make yr the lesson i never have to learn yr the ring that never gets returned tell me i'm the one who got away
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The Future Knows Its Path 03:44
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I should have known when I left the key that I was never coming back I joked "Am I ever gonna see you again" & I didn't hear you laugh A fog wall that hangs over the valley, the desert dust is filled with sage The gravel & the scree of my hopes & dreams crushed beneath my age We can't change the past What's lost is never truly found The future knows its path We can only wait, for now When you sang my name it was sweeter than whatever could be wrong When I held your hand in mine I almost felt like I belonged Is all the love I know, I'll know, I've known a mirage that disappears Does it evaporate like the words that I left written on your mirror We can't change the past What's lost is never truly found The future knows its path What's gonna happen to me now You & your new lover on a cliffside looking over The sunset on the beach, the blue Pacific Ocean While you were drinking fancy drinks & chewing on the flowers I was lost & drowning as someone else's problem How can I say that it's not you when I don't know you anymore If I ever knew I should have known when I locked the door
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The Universe Breathes Out 03:59
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You can let me down again I swear that I won't mind I know you'll come around again I'm not leaving you behind Are skeletons & creeping death The only things that speak to you You act like you've got nothing left You wear your loss like it's your proof You said: "Say the first thing that's in your head Sometimes you have to meet fate Even if you know how it ends" The emptiness of what you need Makes the world a place to mourn To find somewhere to live between The lives we have, the lives we don't The bridges that were burned for you Can be rebuilt & raised Strength will be returned to you But sometimes you have to wait You said: "Say the first thing that's in your head Sometimes you have to meet fate Even if you know how it ends" If I leave now Maybe can stay friends The universe breathes out We'll see each other again I get so angry when I think of you I still punch the steering wheel I just want to hear you laugh again I wish I'd said "don't leave" Dreams that are impossible Fill the cracks inside our hearts The pain we make unbearable Makes us who we are
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Why Extraordinary Claims Demand Extraordinary Proof 03:25
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When you're desperate you can draw lines between anything & anyone Different signs pull you in a different direction North, west, south, east What road will lead you to freedom What does it take to loosen your chains You're an arrow's flight & a heartbeat away Your beautiful hands cupped over your face Timeless eyes peeking through the space between your fingers You like to pretend that you're invisible but it only puts you out of reach You're not the only one who feels that way What does it take to loosen your chains You're an arrow's flight & a heartbeat away We're not who we were a year ago, five years ago or even fifteen years ago And I don't want to grow more bitter as I grow older You could always kill me but you still thrill me I'd give you everything if you would only stay What does it take to loosen your chains You're an arrow's flight & a heartbeat away What does it take to make you feel safe You're a thousand years & a million miles away

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Written between chapters of Erik Weihenmayer, episodes of Missing Richard Simmons & salads from Uncle Oogie's

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released March 16, 2017

Written in a notebook & Google Keep
Recorded to iPhone
Photo: Shady Canyon, CA 10/22/2016

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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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