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I Will Learn From The Relentless Cage Of Forgiving Everything

by That Dream Was Our Life

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The birds outside your window are perched upon a thin rope Are we hoping against hope? Only God & our spirits know The black rock of a mountain A path that opens in the woods It takes us to a faraway place Farther than we thought we could go If the flash flood of my heart could drown out all your fears If the rushing of the water could wash away your tears The doubt that lies within me Well it couldn't fill a thimble I can almost hear you tell me that you wish it was that simple Panic & a tremble when I'm reaching for your number Can you feel it's almost summer & I need you more than ever I thought I don't deserve forgiveness Your touch has changed what I expect You're all that I want in this life You're all that I want in the next
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Let your fingers trace the air and send an arrow through the night A cool summer wind rushing through your hair You say it's straighter than you'd like The stutter of an engine Your hand up to my singing I see an early spark that keeps my heart from beating Looking out for branches They miss your face by inches You call out to the dark but do you ever get an answer A single, silent prayer for wisdom to arise There's magic everywhere A million wishes in our eyes Gretchen Lohse is singing Of the wild things that we are Your voice in my head ringing "We are made of stars" There are nights I get so weak You call me baby in your sleep And you're so much bigger & smarter & stronger than I would ever be I hope you've found a home
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It's the hardest thing to keep yourself together When the simplest things take forever Attraction too obvious to mention An outcome that's never in question Not afraid that I need this too much Not afraid that it's never enough A star's worth of atmosphere & dust Pieces that fit when we touch Is it better than anything else Than any way that you could say yourself Than anything that you've ever felt When I hold you in the dark And all I can feel is your heart I'd rather be blind in the night Than be lost without you in the light
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I still punch the steering wheel when I think of you I'm still sorry for the things that I put you through Do you hate yourself for dreaming of a life with me Are you happier that now you've found you're finally free I guess it doesn't really matter anymore Closure's only closer when you close the door I used to think you were but you're not the answer I was waiting for I was floating past you in an underwater dream I thought that I was drowning, found that I could breathe I lost you through the shimmer & the silhouettes I said that I would follow but I never did I guess it doesn't really matter anymore Closure's only closer when you close the door I used to wish you were but you're not the answer I was waiting for

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Four new songs (& a bonus track) about the Shenandoah Valley, double decker bus tours, giving up on fear, & those one or two dreams a year that spell everything out for you.

*This is the sixth in a monthly series of EPs that I am releasing in 2014. Check out the SUBSCRIBE link up top for more info*

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released June 30, 2014

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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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