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Dear Current Resident
03:02
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Dear current resident,
I got your last request,
Do not despair at all,
You're not alone like you think.
Your application's taken,
And what a record you've got,
I bet a billion stars,
You're on you're way already sir or ma'am.
You say nothing,
But the tempered weather under your skin,
Tells me our candidate,
Is something else.
Dear sir or madam,
Or current resident,
Please accept this letter,
I hope it finds you well.
Another season passes,
And comes around again,
We always knew that you would,
Come into yourself.
I know you don't believe me,
And you don't have to yet,
Just know that I will always,
And let that be enough.
And if the questioning,
Of sir's and madams,
Makes you emotional,
Maybe you're one of us.
And one day you'll look back,
And ask to yourself,
Why was I so scared,
To be happy.
No wonder,
This old world,
Leaves us unaccounted for,
In our lives,
What a wonder,
We have though,
To be with each other,
In our lives.
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2. |
Crestfallen
02:19
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Captured by the city,
You go back,
Early autumn atmosphere
Is a danger to you staying there.
Wouldn’t you rather,
Be out here,
Stuck behind the waterfront,
Crying out his name until you
Suffer in silence,
And watch as,
The world becomes inanity,
And everything is work to you.
They ask you who you are,
And take away the things you really care about.
Floating windows winter lights,
Soft as summer in his hair,
Springtime’s mercy stirring stare
In the city autumn’s crest is not the same
Crestfallen alone,
Fantasies of life opening wide,
In that churning circle tide,
That you hold inside your mind as part of you.
He's so far away,
He's so damn far it’s sickening,
It’s not fair your love should rot,
In the bay beyond his reach.
Fate has his design,
Mallards crest the skyline but maybe,
You’ll lift up and fly away.
Change has come and I promise it will again.
Change has come and I promise it will again.
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3. |
Bailey
03:02
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If you don't mind the lonely air,
He said it might be either way,
I wouldn't mind the change of air,
I said I'd like it anyway.
Sitting like a carved up block,
Thoughts disposed of amber.
I just say I'm sorry,
This feeling will come back again.
Bailey said take it as it comes,
Hour by hour, moment by day,
Bailey just plays her drums,
And tells me that it is what is sometimes.
With Bailey I am generous,
And everything is worth the wait,
I never want to be back there,
But I forget not to lose myself
I feel I'm on a downward trend,
But it doesn't matter anymore,
I need a change anyway,
Why not spend the day with me Bailey?
Bailey said take it as it comes,
Hour by hour, moment by day,
Bailey just plays her drums,
And tells me that it is what is sometimes.
I've driven away my love,
With sickness boiling over,
I tried to spill my teacup skull,
He couldn't take anymore.
Bailey said take it as it comes,
Hour by hour, moment by day,
Bailey just plays her drums,
And tells me that it is what is sometimes.
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4. |
The Gentle Wind
03:22
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Stray leaves, street lamps hover above me,
I see you look up at me,
You are the source of what's haunting me,
This Halloween.
I told myself already I'd wait it out,
But not to wait to late,
Blood under the skin and rosy evening,
What a way to reclaim a holiday,
I don't know about you,
But if you wanted to,
We could get together,
Maybe forever,
I just don't know what you think,
But I love you,
And I'm going to,
Tell you tonight,
On an autumn evening,
We could get together,
So just tell me what you think.
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5. |
Better Half
04:24
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Has anybody seen my wife?
She was just right there,
Laying on the floor.
Now I don't know myself,
Without her around,
I feel like a fool.
What if she's gone for good?
And I'll be left alone,
Without myself.
Never been seen in the same room together,
And I ask her why,
She won't come out and see me today?
They say I look just like her,
And even call me by,
Her name,
And every time they do,
I turn to look behind,
To see if she is with me.
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6. |
Indigo Ceiling
02:30
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I’m sorry Sunbloom,
I must sound so upset.
The evening paints a monochrome,
Of blue and black and regret.
I'm sitting still and,
A stillness comes to me when...
I hit that indigo ceiling,
I get that indigo feeling.
It's been this way forever,
I just wish I was okay,
Pleasure is nothing more than a crutch,
When I'm an obstacle,
You have so much to live for,
But all I have is you.
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7. |
Living Blue
02:40
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Living blue, living blue, living blue, living blue,
Keeps me on the side of,
The living,
For you,
Widow blue, never goes, quite away, widow blue,
Silent living like,
A widow,
For you.
I'm so tired, daydreaming, happenstance, silver wound,
Silver the strings,
Around,
My heart.
Face the air, widow blue, living blue, living blue,
Every other day,
At least it's,
A living.
Keeps me on,
The side of,
The lonely ones,
The living ones,
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8. |
One Way
02:41
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9. |
How To Feel
03:20
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A long time ago,
I gave up on telling myself,
How to feel,
Now I just love them and tell myself,
That it's fated, fated, fated.
We got bigger than the world,
But now that I know how much is left,
In the evening of our time,
How do I feel, feel, feel?
Mourning of the rest of lives,
Only numbers won't satisfy,
Fatal it's just our fate,
Believing in one again,
Might as well be alright,
It doesn't matter anyway.
I have to care,
Because I have to be here when it's over,
I'm living what you won't
It's all over, for you, for you
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10. |
Sanctuary
03:09
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I wouldn’t give up,
Everything for you,
Because I would never ask you to return the favor.
It doesn’t matter where I go,
If I keep the ones I love close,
And let that fate take my hand,
It already led me to you.
I will not lie to you,
You're everything I wanted,
I hope I can be that,
For you as well.
This vapor-walled future,
Is endlessly changing,
Contemplation and on a loving feeling,
Reveals to me,
I always made it home,
Bright black as a wild bird,
Living in that sanctuary,
Vibrant inside it soars.
Apart from the first time,
I’ve never meant it more,
When I say the words,
It carries our story,
On the wings of Swallows,
Roaming that old place,
Where the wind follows
You’re home to me and that’s how,
I know I truly love you,
Believing in fate is easy,
Just close your eyes and kiss me.
I always made it home,
Bright black as a wild bird,
Living in that sanctuary,
Vibrant inside it soars.
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Shelbee Michael Connecticut
Punk, grunge, shoegaze musician.
Shelbee Michael recommends:
Light Sleeper
by Girls Who Care
Some fine indie jams.
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Excellent punk record.
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Bury Me At Makeout Creek
by Mitski
Obviously.
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