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Spend It All
03:15
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Stray hearts only beat at night
Familiar shadows press against the screen
The city spells a name in lights
But they never tell you what it means
It feels more like ash than fire
Dark skies where smoke & dreams collide
A slow burn that you recognize
Can't wait for the lightning to arrive
Haven't felt alive in a minute
No illusion of control when you're in it
Doubt keeps you from knowing your limit
You've got to spend it all when you give it
Everytime everytime
It's taking my breath away
Everytime everytime
What can we do to make it stay
A fear of comfort that terrifies
Mistrust can twist you like a knife
Set it off like dynamite
But you have to hold on for your life
Haven't felt alive in a minute
No illusion of control when you're in it
Doubt keeps you from knowing your limit
You've got to spend it all when you give it
Everytime everytime
It's taking my breath away
Everytime everytime
What can we do to make it stay
What can we do to make it stay
What can we do to make it stay
What can we do to keep it safe
Haven't felt alive in a minute
No illusion of control when you're in it
Doubt keeps you from knowing your limit
You've got to spend it all when you give it
Everytime everytime
It's taking my breath away
Everytime everytime
What can we do to make it stay
What can we do to make it stay
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Paint The Walls
03:05
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Paint the walls with something warm
A shade I've never seen before
Colors bend before the walk
Love's the key before the lock
I know I talk too much
I never have a clue
But if I live a thousand lives
They all lead back to you
We dream until we're blind
Until we see the truth
If I get lost again
Can I come back to you
Scrawl a list of things to do
Shape a light that's beautiful
The world is numb to all that's kind
But I don't want a desperate life
I know I talk too much
I never have a clue
But if I live a thousand lives
They all lead back to you
We dream until we're blind
Until we see the truth
If I get lost again
Can I come back to you
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No saints, no liars
Words are sparks spilling down a wire
Night hides from doom & decay
You're the lightning flash that makes it brave
I felt for a light at the heart of the world
A holy mount between heaven & earth
Do we ever know when we're where we belong
Time is the light that strings us through the fog
Cross the firth, kings wear crowns
We float past the saved & the drowned
Days & roads that glow of gold
When you dream of the past do you lose control
I felt for a light at the heart of the world
A holy mount between heaven & earth
Do we ever know when we're where we belong
Time is the light that strings us through the fog
I felt for a light at the heart of the world
It's still too dark to see
There's a first time for a last time
& I just want to feel it again
I felt for a light at the end of the world
& It's still too hard to see
There's a first time for a last time
& I just want to see you again
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Fathoms
03:30
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Burned by the sun
Time proved me wrong
Been asleep next to you
Don't tell me how long
Wanted to follow the dream of you down
Counting the fathoms miles underground
It's not the beauty we keep
Or what you can possess
It's about what is true
Just like everything else
Wanted to follow the dream of you down
Counting the atoms that spin faster than sound
Make me believe
Before time runs out
If you're lost in the sky
I'll be your cloud
Wanted to follow the dream of you down
Counting the fathoms miles underground
Wanted to follow the dream of you down
Counting the atoms that spin faster than sound
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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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