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Castle Window
02:04
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castle window
keep it closed
secret language
I suppose
who knows?
nothing’s buried
nothing grows
mystic knowledge
I suppose
who knows?
maybe we’ve gone grey and so
maybe time will make a monument to us both
you can darken my doorway or go
I will love you in the next life, you know
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2. |
Look Like
02:40
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what’s the difference?
what’s the use of wondering?
we both know better
you cannot just throw a sheet over the moon
it’s up there shining
it’s staring us right in the eyes
I’ve spent a lifetime in a loop of what I thought it’d look like
I’ve got a feeling
I’ve got this wild idea
I’m gonna spend a million days soft wishing you another world
and in the next one,
maybe I’ll do a better job
of keeping you around
or maybe I’d just do it all again
what an evening
what’s the use of sleeping in?
Elle tells the car to pull around
we just dissolve into the wind
where maybe love is finding
many ways to say one thing
I think it’s better in a song
it gives me something else to sing
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have you seen the moon
this afternoon?
rising for me
setting for you
stoplights sway
there’s birds in the breeze
light in your eyes
you turn like a key
sit and watch the sunset with me
alive and decaying
afraid and so free
tired of being upset
it’s true
but it’s peaceful
right here
with you
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4. |
Open Sky or Die
04:22
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open sky or die
I call on you
open sky or die
I follow you
into a room
prepare me for my doom
lead me to it
I have visions of the lake at night
we fall asleep adrift in pure delight
it’s good to to have you near
I feel my future in a life here
I’ve learned to paint within the shape of you
I summon violins to play me through
I lay down on the lawn
I dream I’m in a dark marsh
I wake up a cave
I lose myself by midday
no beholding
open sky or die
I’m terrified
open sky or die
it’s worth a try
until I’m crushed
the weight is just too much
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5. |
Winter Vanishing Spell
04:14
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I cast my winter vanishing spell
I will see myself out
it’s all blue skies
from the valley to the dell
with your magic around
you know it’s gonna be a long time
til I am back again
you know it’s gonna be a long time
I've been sleeping in
I’m good at small talk
"how’s the coffee?"
"how’s your health?"
"whatcha dreaming about?"
but it’s a short walk
between heaven and hell
I think I know that now
light pours in
it fills my head with every sound I hear without you around
you ever wonder how it gets better in time?
will it get better in time?
I started building my dream home
you’re invited
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6. |
Castle Mood
01:50
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I’m in a castle mood
yeah, I know I said it
and yeah, I really meant it too
I took some time for me
hey, what do you know?
maybe that was just the way to go
to get on through
when you dyed your hair
to cover up something
that was never even there,
I held it back for you
it’s not a big deal,
there was really nothing better to do
no one else but you
you took a shape or two
I just wanna spend another moment in the morning until
the moon splits the room
hanging like a diamond in the sky
I should be honest with you
to get on through
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Sleepy Sword Baltimore, Maryland
soft doom
from Baltimore
~~~
Photo by Michael Crowe
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