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Not To Be
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Something I lost & forgot
Try to draw paths between dots
A letter a photo that opens the door to the dark
Your face in sunglasses reflects
The love in this world ever ends
But a countdown a t minus zero goes off in my head
The reasons that are obvious to you still elude me
Maybe the things that I want aren't to be
Pursue the things we must possess
If I'm lost could you say it again
Lying awake with no secrets or dreams to confess
All of the love I've been shown
Maybe I've lost all I've known
Hundreds of chances & I've blown every single one
Reasons that are obvious to you are lost upon me
Maybe the things that I want aren't to be
Something I lost & forgot
Forgotten but I should have not
Do you ever look back or let on
Do you still miss me when I'm gone
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A secret that you should forget
But you want to relive it again & again
Dreams are better left unsaid
But can they exist outside your head?
You know where the traps are set
But you still fall in again & again
They're all we have when we depend
On keeping the past open to ourselves
The sun comes up before you wake
Your phone's blowing up, you're already late
When everyone wants something from you
Where does your tired heart fly to
Pleasure isn't happiness
It's a myth we're taught to believe in
We're only sure of every step
If we can live with the consequence
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A siren on the rocks
I can't say no to you
When you dance it feels like hope
But honey where's the proof
A life for a heart
How many are enough
Will you meet your courage in the dark
A lie for a heart
Will it ever cover up
You don't get to be with everyone you love
A smile behind your hands
That shines the shipwrecked on the stones
I don't need to light a torch
When the night is made of gold
A life for a heart
How many are enough
Will you meet your courage in the dark
A lie for a heart
Will it ever cover up
You don't get to be with everyone you love
Dreams that I can't follow
Streets I'd rather not remember
We say we want oblivion
When we just want to sleep forever
A life for a heart
How many are enough
Will you face your courage in the dark
A lie for a heart
Will it ever cover up
You don't get to be with everyone you love
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For the rest of my life
03:02
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Love as deep as debt
Losing track of days
A cup that never fills
Alone you can't repay
Could you be the one to put an arrow through the night
& brighten all the days for the rest of my life
Birthday swords & capes
A crown of golden leaves
If I could give you joy
Then maybe I'd be free
Could you be the one to put an arrow through the night
& brighten all the days for the rest of my life
Hopes are never real
Until they're no longer safe
Maybe I gave up
Before my heart could fail
Will you be the one that feeds the terror in the night
& darken all my dreams for the rest of my life
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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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