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Oh no don’t send me your regrets
Don’t fill the air with such nonsense
If you would like to make amends
Then you must take us back in time
But since you can’t then let’s just end this whole unbearable charade
Oh no don’t send me your regrets
Oh no don’t send me this no more
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Loveless Devotion
04:11
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Mistakes Are Mine
04:40
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I stayed awake that night and swore
You’d be inside my head no more
Your vanity’s a certain crime
As days of wine and roses fade
Destined to haunt till end of days
These things don’t matter much ‘til I
Find out that all mistakes were mine
You know how I am prone to miss
The simplest and the obvious
It does no good to try and remind
I’ve done myself quite in this time
And yet, you were never phased
How could you not detest this change?
That’s when I let go the lie
Found out that your mistakes were mine
The mistakes were mine
The mistakes were mine
The mistakes were mine
I viewed your subtle move to beguile
As just a vain attempt at style
The dark is captured best with my
My camera’s shortest shutter time
And yet, you were never phased
How could you not detest this change?
That’s when I let go the lie
Found out that your mistakes were mine
The mistakes were mine
The mistakes were mine
The mistakes were mine
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In Monotone
05:10
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All throughout the night
The world was all alight
It was as if the stars had fallen down
And taken flight
You and I would be
I made this guarantee
You think those words have lost their meaning now
I disagree
Stand on our headstone
Though features all are worn
You’ll see the dates go on and on and on
In monotone
You’ll see the dates go on and on and on
In monotone
Afternoons on telephones
And late night walks by light of moons
Is this so hard to understand?
Or have you just decided to be cruel?
Ridiculing all the fools and
Bending, breaking all the rules
Well, I refuse to let it go
So watch me now as I untie this rope
This is melancholy, dear
Melancholy, dear
Melancholy, dear
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I’m uniformed and I almost missed the end
Is this true? Is this true?
Or have I misconstrued?
It’s hard to read between the lines when you’re like this
What do you mean? What do you mean?
Do you have to be like this?
If you’ve got all the answers
I’d love to hear just one of them
I’m sure you would not be worse for wear
If you’ve got all the answers
Just share with me the smallest one
The smallest pearl from you is something rare
Hold your thoughts; you don’t know just what you’ve said
You take it back; You take it back
Back inside the box
Then take it out into the field where it was born
Leave it there; Leave it there
Stop standing on my heart
If you’ve got all the answers
I’d love to hear just one of them
I’m sure you would not be worse for wear
If you’ve got all the answers
Just share with me the smallest one
The smallest pearl from you is something rare
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Everybody Knows
04:12
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Stay on point but not on task
No questions ever asked
With the colors of our past
We lack skills to make it last
Find a flight that hasn’t flown
And a path not set in stone
And we think it’s what we own
But everybody knows
Oh we’re on fire
Oh we’re on fire
Come on watch us burn
Oh we’re on fire
Yes we’re on fire
(We’re) burning in the sun
Oh let us burn
Oh let us burn
Burning in the sun
Oh let us burn
Burn like the sun
Every night (alone)
Pull the strings to animate
Play the game as if it’s straight
Up all night but not awake
We all make the same mistake
Seen so many times before
Abandoned on the floor
Independence we adore
But it’s too much of a chore
and you think it’s final
and you think it’s final
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And he left her standing there
A final picture, one last stare
Yes, he thought he’d done no harm
If this was all on just a whim
Why suffer through all that again?
And so he held his head up high
And so she let him wander off
This greatly simplified her thoughts
Does this mean they don’t belong?
She cared not much for second chance
Thus ended their brief dalliance
Was it best? Well, who’s to know?
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A Lonely Place
04:06
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If I ask myself the simplest
He’ll debate me to no end
“Isn’t that the same for everyone?”
You don’t understand my point
Gonna find myself a lonely place
One with sunlit grass, scattered trees
Wind beneath the waves
As you start to climb the infinite
I’ve got one more thought to add
Consider just the scale you’re up against
Why’d you even take a step?
Gonna find myself a lonely place
One with sunlit grass, scattered trees
Wind beneath the waves
Gonna find myself a lonely place
One with sunlit grass, scattered trees
Wind beneath the waves
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9. |
Amends
03:49
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My favorite to condescend
Let’s leave this house and go
These people here; I’m at wits end
They buzz my mind with the snow
Don’t wait for it
Don’t wait for him
Don’t wait for it
I don’t understand what’s taking you
Why must you be so slow?
We have this chance but not for long
It’s time to grab and go
Glory day Glory day Glory day
Wait
I want you to stay
I don’t want to change
I’m losing my name
Stay
Why can’t you just stay?
I want you to change
I’m losing my name
If this new false reality
Is what you call amends
I can’t accept your empty words
Or all their false pretense
Don’t wait for it
Don’t wait for him
Don’t wait for it
I’ll wait for a sign
Glory day Glory day Glory day
Stay
Why can’t you just stay?
I don’t want to fade
I’m losing my name
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Gold Stars
03:15
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I wonder what’s become of all your cardboard paper dolls and clothes
And if you still have all your gold stars
That once shown bright
That fade at night
And drift from sight
Are you all right?
You hurry on; you have so little time; the background noise is loud
But in between I’m hearing your voice
It’s still so bright
Even at night
Far out of sight
You’ll be all right
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11. |
Don't Get To Know Me
04:02
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If you must remember this
I’m only on the cusp of it
I don’t know why I am here
I feel so out of place
If you had a single thought
That might be seen as negative
I’ll bet it was honest
The subject was surely me.
Understand that I was taught
To tuck my thoughts and prayers away
I saved them for someone
and kept them from me
I haven’t had the kind of life
To place upon a pedestal
Don’t lock steps beside me
I surely will drag you down, down, down, down
Oh, don’t get to know me
Let’s all stay lonely
All you ever have to do is break a smile
To take my breath away
My defenses are nothing
When you come around
I haven’t had the kind of life that leads itself
To fame or high regard
Don’t lock steps beside me
I surely will drag you down
Oh, don’t get to know me
Let’s all stay lonely
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Should Baltimore, Maryland
Formed during the first wave of North American dream pop/shoegaze over a quarter-century ago, through three albums, an EP, and sundry singles Should have continued to showcase a penchant for the unexpected, the ability to find beauty in the minimal, and balance the twin peaks of sound and songcraft. ... more
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