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Leave No Trace

by That Dream Was Our Life

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There are more stars than dark in the heavens 03:03
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I'm still falling through the canyon Down Wharton make a left on second Pick up donuts, make it a dozen Grab some cheese fries, walk down 11th Rainbow wings that never fly Painted on a concrete sky If your love for them should die Where does that leave you & I It's your birthday mid-October Atlantic Ocean looks frozen over Take our clothes off & run for the water In our hearts was an invincible summer A moment to forget my shame Missing limbs & phantom pain Wishes that you can't explain A different face, another name Claustrophobic in the canyon I'm still climbing up the landing A blue of distance I'll remember There are more stars than dark in the heavens What is it you're looking for Mountainsides & unicorns Wishes that you can't ignore All you deserve & nothing more There are places full of wonder There are places I'll remember They say only angels land here Singing "Lovely Day" to each other There are places full of wonder There are places I'll remember They say only angels land here Singing "I Will Dare" to each other
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I could describe you as places 02:47
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I miss you most in the night You're the wind that travels the spine A heart that can melt without heat In the frozen desert of your eyes I'm driving away from your house A smile that fades over miles Spun gold leaves my window Drifting through the western sky I could describe you as places You're the city, you're the wild The sand under moonlight You're the narrow, you're the climb I'm taking flight & leaving this all behind So let's say goodnight for the very last time You're a hundred adventures Killer of tarantulas & snakes You're the swing at the trainyard The hollow by the gate The door that leads to the dark Is open when I'm with you The Spirit Of The Forest Is always in view
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Let Mortal Tongues Awake 03:54
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One Sunday in July me & Cyndi met A ballerina after a show She was breathless - full of all the grace that you'd expect Her skin was cold as melt from the snow The curtain rises with the crowd's applause & cheers Cameras flash like headlights from a car A pixie cut & fang marks left behind her ears A supermarket bouquet in her arms If I tell myself that I can hold together Am I living in an empty moonless night Does everything that dies stay dead forever Does anything, anywhere come back to life A vampire only needs an invitation first The ageless doesn't want to hear the truth Decades come & go and death is not the worst When the world only belongs to the youth I turned to Cyndi & I whispered in her ear "We were beautiful once, I swear to god" The dancer got into her car & disappeared We stepped into the heat & then we walked If I tell myself that I can hold together Am I living in an endless moonless night Does everything that dies stay dead forever Does anything, anywhere come back to life If I tell myself that I can hold together Am I living in an endless moonless night Does everything that dies stay dead forever Does anything ever come back to life All I ask is that I hold myself together There are nights that I just want to live for us For a while I swear I felt it last forever But only til the honey turned to dust It always turns to dust Audio Translated: "Death surrounds us. We're all at his will. The rivers continue to flow around us." From "Nosferatu Phantom der Nacht" (1979)
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Finalspark 02:44
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I'll learn to love the California sun Even though LA's not real enough for anyone You hold your hesitation like a gun Didn't anybody tell you that the war's been won You were kissed by the sun But you fell in love with the dark I could fall in love with anyone But you're my final spark Here's something that you won't believe Gonna add her to my family tree Gonna get that girl a diamond ring Gonna ask Rayana if she'll marry me You were kissed by the sun But you fell in love with the dark I could fall in love with anyone But you're my final spark A night that ended with a game of chess A game of chess that ended with a kiss A kiss reminds you of the life you'll miss The future's always dark but it's for the best You were kissed by the sun But you fell in love with the dark The ever after's just begun You are my final spark "It's springtime in the city now I still get lost in the light somehow I got held up driving to your house All these tiny hearts buzzing through your town You're standing at the bus stop waiting to see If I'm ever gonna make it down 13th St Waiting for a sign can trip you up Is is a million $$$ really gonna change your luck"

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What's been keeping me alive this summer: Facing mortality in the beauty & harshness of the American Southwest. Rebecca Solnit's "A Field Guide To Getting Lost". Cheese fries from Blackbird Pizza. Julia Gfrörer minicomics. Overly sentimental declarations of love. Wimbledon. And DIY too I guess lol

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released July 21, 2017

Written in Field Notes #3 & Google Keep
Recorded to iPhone
Photo: I broke the last thing you gave me 7/5/2017

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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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