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Next of Kin
04:56
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Walk by the river
Turns into England and
Somebody’s there
Somebody wants me
Wants me like a fire
Wants a house
But I’m safe here
These walls are obsidian
He can send the curse but
It won’t go in
I remain in my town
Above ground for now
Where there is no next-of-kin
And no one knows how cruel I’ve been
To try to keep the friend in him around
There’s never been a point-of-view
That’s ended in an absolute
'Cept what he thought I owed I never had
But I still felt bad disappointing Galahad
I’ve hunted constellations too
Felt impossibly away from my home
Sure of salvation arriving
As the lover of my soul
But the world keeps on rolling forward
Gray to pink to green to gold
I could lose the whole of my life
In that dust bowl
But here there is no next-of-kin
And no one knows how cruel I’ve been
To try to keep the friend in him around
How could it end but not begin
I hear him say how cruel I’ve been
T’ve gone and never made a sound
Well, I almost drowned
And my cold heart had to lead me out
I never claimed to’ve had the grail
And in my heart now there’s a stone
I come here hoping I could sing it
And let it go
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You Are We Are I Am
03:40
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At our graduation
I see it in my dreams
you're sitting several rows ahead
but you never turn to look at me
It felt important to say it
so I slipped a note into your sleeve
it said it wasn't just you
and it also wasn't just me
You are
We are
I am
The ocean of a heart, the expanse
All the times I didn't understand
You are
We are
I am
The non-local distortion
we all got it bad
I do what I can to keep it from harming
Apologies are controversial
but I know now not all love is loving well
it wasn't just me
but I could have kept it to myself
You are
We are
I am
The ocean of a heart, the expanse
All the times I didn't understand
You are
We are
I am
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Everything is Always
04:04
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If you're lonely
you might as well be clever
find your way through mazes
by laying down a thread
If you're hungry
you might as well keep smiling
maybe can find someone
wants to share their bread
'Cause everything is always
or else it would be never
love weaves into the spaces
holds it all together
The stars
seed us with the questions
we'll live our lives to answer
to find out who we are
My dad
taught me constellations
I'm not likely to forget them
though I travel far
'Cause everything is always
or else it would be never
love weaves into the spaces
holds it all together
And I really hope we make it
There's just so much we haven't learned yet
spinning on this planet
looking at the stars
'Cause everything is always
or else it would be never
love weaves into the spaces
holds it all together
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