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90 Second Serenade
03:31
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The city waits behind the fog
Like a smile behind your hair
The flight attendant says it won't be long
Until we're safely in the air
Moving on a holiday
Nightmares & fights still echo off the walls
A coat of paint over the year
It's like you were never there at all
The glow that lights your face
It's keeping me awake
It makes me more of a fool
It makes me less of a fake
My heart see-saws down Cherry St
It rises & falls every time you laugh
The blue of distance in your eyes reminds me
All things die but sometimes they come back
The glow that lights your face
It's keeping me awake
It makes me more of a fool
It makes me less of a fake
Most people are terrified, including me
Of showing their true heart
There's a beauty & a comfort & a helplessness in knowing what you are
Someone's singing on a subway car
A 90 second serenade
I'm swimming in these dreams of you
Tea leaves & flowers are floating in your wake
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Washington Ave Pigeons
03:05
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Want a different face, want to change my name
All the reasons why are too much to explain
Gave up cynicism for something to believe
I tried to leave this town but I couldn't break the lease
Packed for California, sent my dreams out west
Sometimes things don't work out but I guess it's for the best
No one at the station, a tail between my knees
A cause for celebration but all I do is grieve
What do you fear the most? Is it ending up alone?
Is it never finding someone or is it never finding home
I've got a lighter load but I'm moving just as slow
I'm tired of being scared, I'm tired of getting old
You melt me with a look, I want to kiss you in the snow
It's been a lifetime since I've felt anything but cold
You make all my thoughts scatter when I thought that they were clear
Like Washington Ave Pigeons every time that you are near
I'm floating down the street & I'm falling through the years
I can see your breath & you're laughing through your tears
Ashes turn to ashes, desire turns to dust
Secret notes that you leave hidden in the backseat of the bus
Pretty things for both of us
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Trust in your surrender is the only way through fear
These nights go on forever
February lasts a year
Staring up the second floor
Bars on the revolving door
Sometimes you feel you've had enough but you always ask for more
Pretty words, hidden debt
All of mine for all of yours
Pay it down
Every face you've dreamed is one you've seen before
The first stop, the last hope
You should never have to choose
Sometimes I pretended every single word was true
If I keep you out of reach then I never have to lose
Sometimes I pretended every single word was true
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Love Connection SLC
03:04
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Sarah & I were leaving Salt Lake City
Searching for a bar that looked like Howl's Moving Castle
The clouds are rolling down are you coming with me
Illusions only serve to obscure the answers
We can't speak to the past but the past can reach the future
Pretty words & bluebells for a dead bouquet
All my dreams burned out before they could even reach you
Hope draws like blood & leaves you just as drained
It's been lonelier than it's been cold
And this winter's been colder than most
I believe in love but not its permanence
But I'm happier than I was before we met
You can only say so much out of chance or danger
You're always on my mind but I'm trying to forget
It's not minutes but it's moments that make it real
If I believe this can I love you without fear
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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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