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Hallway
07:52
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I've made some poor decisions, but they will linger until I'm dead or just some person. That's how I feel.
We shared so much that I found a cliff that we can stand upon and let the waves pour onto our fingers, which are bloody now.
I feel as if I'm decaying inside. I understand that I took things way too far, but you have to understand that I truly love you, and I don't care about seven seconds, I care about the years that we'll spend together.
It's too physical, it's not mental. And I'm a skeleton, I'm an insect, I'm not man enough. Just let me change my immoral ways and I'll care for you. Just don't walk down this hallway for something that I've said.
Was there something that I've said?
Just let me come home, but you'll never answer the door.
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Orchard
08:14
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The darkness inside of your eyes made me realize that you're above sea level.
You ran off into the desert; all I did was keep my timid mouth shut.
Your body ended up collapsing upon itself because of your mind's incapabilities.
Now we both suffer, drowning in our fears again; our mirrors got shattered by hurricanes.
I'm fed up with all this violent torture.
Let's just go back to our peaceful orchard.
All our moments were shared in this orchard.
We'll make love, and we'll be so happy, I'm sure...
Right at spring, one week later, we planted our seeds.
But one by one, they germinated into nothing.
They were too submerged in water, brought by your mother.
You left her ocean, still amphibious, too cold-blooded, for me, I see.
I'm fed up with all this violent torture.
Let's just go back to our peaceful orchard.
All our moments were shared in this orchard.
We'll make love, and we'll be so happy, I'm sure...
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July 8
06:31
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I still don't know if my life changed for better or for worse. Naive and hurt, we were each other's light at the end of our tunnels.
So I thought. It was March 29th, and you wrapped me around your arms and I could see so clearly. Your life was a mess, and thought I'd fix it for you, but you always caused the drama. I always thought about you 24/7, and your smile, it always calmed me. But you tore out my heart, fed it to the hounds, and that's a pain that I'll always feel.
We were best friends, now I'm dead to you. We were so close, but now you're so far away.
We were so clueless. We entered dark tunnels to reach white painted aisles and candlelights. I saw the trees planted on our front yard. I saw the children play in the garden, and we were happy. We were happy...
But you went the other way. Destroyed your conscience. And everybody said that we were meant and you just didn't listen. You were pure, but now you're nothing. Now you're nothing....
You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination.
You killed me.
Dead (to you)...
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St. Valentine's Day
08:01
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I dreamt of you in your flowing silk red dress walking through the streets of Paris waiting for someone to impress.
Well, that fool was me. "'Til death do us part," I recited. It's so small how you entered my life so uninvited.
Football games and first grade were the times where we had no one to blame. I imagined you and I sitting in the shade. This never happened, and it's just a shame.
Laughing on our joyrides, time went so fast. I got to know you and these moments were a blast. It started to grow inside. I could not lie, I dreamed about our lives and the brown of your eyes.
And a few days before St. Valentine's, I wanted to ask you if you'd hold on; It was the time to share a heartbeat and to admire the snow. But you looked upset, and you didn't even know. Oh, how my voice shook, and how you read me like all your books. You should've been happy I didn't care much about your looks. Now, you never say a word, but we could have traveled the world. I loved you, but you turned like all the other girls.
She laughed at me all night long, I said she laughed. I said she laughed, with braces for a smile, she laughed....
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Iris / Tropicana
06:58
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Your embrace won't swaddle me. Your eyes won't reflect mine. This bed we will never get to share, carries in me, dark as your name.
Caress me, I need your heart. Clueless you, you're too old to understand. Seven nights a week, buried in your cheeks. Devils, give me a chance. I won't disrupt your life. I love you, but there's nothing I can do.
Why must you go whilst forgetting me? Oh God, I can't live without your smile and laughter. Oh Lord, hear my prayer. Every time I stare into her iris, I see love and history. But she's blind. God, give her sight so she can walk into my arms.
I am scared of autumn cause I'll be scarred without you by my side. And in winter, you'll dance at parties while gazing in another man's eyes. I'll just stay home.
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5 A.M.
04:45
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Passionate. Introverted. Over there, in the black dress you wore.
I understand you're eighteen, but wait. It's not so mental just yet.
Bookworm, not some soldier chick. She doesn't like food. She doesn't like you.
I understand where you're coming from, but wait. It's not so physical, just wait.
One second is all I need for me to be happy, lusting, and be free.
I understand this hallway will change, and I know that you'll be dressed in a white gown. But it's for a different reason, I'm sure: to be without me in the city.
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St. Mary's
07:44
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She's seventeen, trying to be finally free. It's all for me. Let's just see who has more symmetry.
Please understand, you're far away. I can see your face, but I can't see you. I watched you die on your front porch steps.
You shut your eyes and realized you're not enough to satisfy my needs. I know that the weather makes you look so happy, but I know that you're better off without me. So say goodbye, I hope that you recognize this concept of reality. It's so surreal, I just can't believe it's true. I watched you die, I watched you fly away...
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Queensland
06:51
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Brown hair, butterflies, and fiery desire broke my attachments to anything I loved. I saw you walk down the street just yesterday, but now, you're sailing a wooden ship to somewhere far away from here.
Rain cloud, ashes, and somewhere in hell would describe the lack of courage boarded in my mind. I watched your anchor drop onto your grave. You collapse on the floor, and everyone just claps for you.
White dress, sadder than your black gown I couldn't watch you take off; a rocketship to death. We will never see a daughter scream at us and tell us that everything's alright. A goddess entered my life and she stole my heart and soul; she was the greatest thing that happened to me. Regardless, you'll still be with me everywhere I go or turn, cause you were an angel, so close to a dream, but couldn't come true.
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Catherine
10:00
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Look outside your window. Do you see the sun in the clouds? As I try to gaze into your brown irises, I never would have thought that you could scream so loud.
You will miss me after eighteen, and you will ask me where I've been. "I've been around." You have your father's last name, but you got your mother's charm. Without you near me, my lust for you will not be found.
I'm not sane, but you made me this way. Almost every single way, every day. I'm not sane, but you made me this way. Cause I'm ashamed of your birthday, every day. Every day. Every day...
You're a painting that you've hung up on your wall. You're so obscure and complex, but deep down you're so beautiful. I'm porcelain and I believe that I've just broken. I'm living without you and your pain, and I'm sucking.
I'm not sane, but you made me this way. Almost every single way, every day. I'm not sane, but you made me this way. I'm ashamed of your birthday, every day. Every day. Every day. You're not sane, I'll love you forever, in almost every single way, every day. It hurts me to say the least. Just please be with me. But you can't, cause I'm ashamed of your birthday, every day. Every day. Every day...
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Blue Eyes
06:14
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Open up your blue eyes. Realize it's time to go. Time to set you free, time to let you be. From sea to blue sea, without me.
Don't leave without your memory. You were a friend, and true friends care. Trying so hard to stay sane. Without your warmth, my life won't be the same.
If you choose to remember me, don't think I'm a coward fool. I don't want seclusion or emptiness to be the last thing you remember about me.
Cause I am so happy for you, dear. You need liberation, you need to go to the sky. You'll always be here, I hope for you the same applies. Just fly, birdie, fly. I'll never forget your blue eyes.
With much remorse, I say goodbye.
Goodbye...
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Blue Navy Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Blue Navy is the former slowcore alias of Pennsylvania singer-songwriter Jake Dryzal. Influenced by ambient, ethereal wave, and post-rock, Blue Navy's album trilogy ("Mine" [2016], "Ours" [2017], and "Yours" [2020]) utilizes reverb-drenched guitar melodies and dense synthesizer pads to guide Dryzal's somber lyricism. Jake currently records under his new folk rock pseudonym, Great American Racer. ... more
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