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1.
Faded Gold 03:17
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So far behind So down below There's never time I can't keep up Seems everybody knows How to live a life Spun out & cold Can't feel the glow Everything departs The faded gold Of the revolving door Nothing left but who you are Maybe the cure for disappointment's wanting more Trust in something you can't see I know there's something meant for me Maybe the cure for bitterness is wanting more Believe in something you can't see There must be something meant for me I'm never here Ashes in the grate Just passing through Dreamed myself blind Into a beautiful embrace Until each one was you Don't want the future I just want you
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Shiny Dust 02:56
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Lost in a memory Tomorrow's always out of sight Dark as a mystery Days are shorter than the light The sun shines a fleur-de-lis Rolling through the audubon Streetcars are telling me Maybe I'm already gone You can't give up Time runs out Moments fall away like tears It's not your fault It's not your doubt It's not anything you fear A trail of shiny dust Inches closer to a flame So quick to embrace Anything that brings you pain Waited so long for you Gave my secrets to the moon A tomb without a key Only gives you someone else's truth You can't give up Time runs out Moments fall away like tears It's not your fault It's not your doubt It's not anything you fear
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Clay Heart 03:55
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Dance with me in the half-light I'll try to retrace the steps I'm good at leaving things in place Put a cup back on the shelf I could always make you laugh Your laugh is like a song When you put your hand in mine It almost feels like I belong But it's a little too late for that I can feel you in the dark Show me where your dreams are kept The thing about the future There's so little of it left I don't always need to talk Throw my clay heart on a wheel Shape it into anything you want Into something almost real But it's a little too late for that Blow the dice for luck I know that I can win What if everything I fear Is already happening I guess it's a little too late for that
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It All Works Out In The End 04:11
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Don't waste your time waiting for doom to arrive When it gets too close lose it in rhythm & rhyme A zealous mirage says that it's safe to be you She flatters your heart but you just want to hear something true You'll never want for anything It all works out in the end You'll always know love You won't go without Don't waste your time imagining you have a chance Whatever it is, you're not a part of the dance You'll never want for anything It all works out in the end You'll always know love You won't go without Looking at somebody else's paper Just gives you somebody else's answer All you fear is already happening So if your heart wants to sing If your heart wants to sing If your heart wants to sing Let it sing You'll never want for anything It all works out in the end You'll always know love You won't go without

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TDWOL 47 // LIMINAL // Figuring out songs sometimes takes a while. I can’t seem to do it without referencing things in my life & if it’s too much about my life I try to hide it with tired aphorisms & rhyme. It's like taking a photo of a ghost & only finding backscatter. With that said, I think this EP is great. 14 minutes & 20 seconds about perseverance & the million things I'll never understand. Also I started playing electric guitar again & yet the sun still rises on the world xx

Written between pages of Jennifer Michael Hecht's "Doubt: A History" & the Tegan & Sara memoir (I'm trying to finish it before the "High School" TV series comes out), episodes of the Noble Champions podcast, & semi-weekly games of Ghost of Tsushima Legends w/ Randy, Butch, & Cole.

This is the fifth & final EP in my 2022 series. It's not too late to become a member & get all of the music I've put out this year (& more)! Check out the Subscribe link above for more info <3

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released November 25, 2022

Written in my journal, voice memos, & Google Keep
Recorded on iPhone in Philadelphia PA
Photo: Ben Franklin Fog 11/4/2022

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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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