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Helium
04:20
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I won't write love songs anymore
I don't have the fodder
I don't remember what I'm like
I'll ask my mother
Don't I realize, it is no surprise to be alone?
No one is clinging onto me
You'd think I was freeer
But I'm a helium balloon
I just drift higher
Where my body goes, honey I don't know, I just don't know
I think I'll ride the bus tonight
And look out the window
The tiny things that make the world
Leave tracks on my pillow
In the morning rush, they and I will touch, but not that much
I'd like to look you in the eye
And see through the iris
To crawl around inside your brain
And study your likeness
But you're far away, middle of the fray, so not today
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Until Then
03:11
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Take me at my word, you're the reason
I'm drawing in the sand
I can't think of one season
I won't be holding your hand
When I'm bored at work, I imagine
Shooting time with you
Memories with no captions
Just a song or two
I know that it's early, baby
to be so light on my feet
But maybe this shit eating grin will save me
From winter having me beat
I am very infinite and you are very too
But I am floating in a space that is identical to you
Maybe you and I can talk about it at another time
Maybe we can go to dinner and you'll let me pick your mind
But until then
Until then
Until then
Take me at my word, you're the reason
I'm drawing in the sand
I can't think of one season
I won't be holding your hand
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3. |
Don't Know How
04:34
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I had all day to write a song
But all I heard was shake it off
And so I turned the T.V. on
And then I sat there all afternoon long
I did some laundry just for show
And thoroughly cleaned my windows
Am I still here if no one knows
Or am I living like a ghost?
I keep my hands busy and my mind numb
Just to keep the fever down
And the truth is I ain't never wrote a single song about you
And I still can't now
'Cause I don't know how
I write music in my dreams
It keeps me dancing in my sleep
But when I wake, my mind is clean
And so I slide on my old jeans
I put my hair up in a bun
And rub my hands together once
It's time to pin you down, oh just this much
So finally I can move on
I keep my hands busy and my mind numb
Just to keep the fever down
And the truth is I ain't never wrote a single song about you
And I still can't now
'Cause I don't know how
Now, it might take a couple songs
To realize maybe I was wrong
To think you'd be my final love
Oh babe, I've only just begun
I've just begun
I keep my hands busy and my mind numb
Just to keep the fever down
And the truth is I ain't never wrote
I ain't never wrote a single song, no no no no
About you, babe, and I still can't now
'Cause I don't know how
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More Afraid Of
04:25
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If I told you I wasn't scared
If I told you I'd be right there
Would you laugh or would you listen?
Would you follow my lead?
If I brought you a nectarine pit
And you didn't know what it was
Would you believe me
if I told you that it'd be a tree?
Oh, sometimes I think I'm the only one
Not afraid of what will become
And why kid yourself, there's a lot of stuff
You should really be more afraid of
I could tell you there's murderers
And burglars all at large
All heavy "R" words
And that's just off the top
Be afraid of the dark or the park late at night
So get a night light
But don't fear connection
Or human affection
Oh, sometimes I think I'm the only one
Not afraid of what will become
And why kid yourself, there's a lot of stuff
You should really be more afraid of
'Cause there's spiders and monsters and sharks in the sea
Holy war, racists, and misogyny
If I were afraid of what I didn't know
I'd spend my days hiding under my pillows
Let's walk into the great unknown
With our feet bare and our eyes wide
Take in the scenery of possibility
If I told you I wasn't scared
If I told you I'd be right there
Do you think you could trust me
To catch you when you fall?
Oh, sometimes I think I'm the only one
Not afraid of what will become
And why kid yourself, there's a lot of stuff
You should really be more afraid of
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Molly Bolten Los Angeles, California
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