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Counting
03:38
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72 hours stopping through
I tally up the time I get to spend with you
but this hourglass is trickling through
our horizon is coming up so soon
its a hell of a drive
but that's what you're worth
'til I'm back down here
having dreams of Perth
Hourglass, trickling through
Our horizon, coming up soon
Just me and my thoughts
at a hundred and ten
three days in your arms
then I hit the road, I hit the road again
I count my breaths
to stop myself
keeping track of the Ks
between me and you
between me and you
there's a thousand blades
of bright green grass
beneath my windowsill
the drops of water fill up the glass
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2. |
The Resolution
02:46
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there's a dust cloud in the distance
there's a twinkle in your eye
I'm just trying to stay consistent
but I'm resistant to that life
I feel time slow down
with every single mile
trying my best just to reach you
but I can't even crack a smile
can't even crack that smile
stuck in space with my thoughts
there's a rush of blood
I'm not preoccupied
this journey just fits me like a glove
journey fits me like a glove
I just want to keep the course
you know me, I always stay calm
looks like you bet on a losing horse
with all the promise of an open palm
with all the promise of an empty palm
it takes the time that it takes
it takes the time that it takes
I'm not gonna pump the brakes
because it takes the time that it takes
and it had to happen that way
it takes the time that it takes
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Parting
02:00
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you packed up and went home in a lockdown
no way to stop you leaving anyhow
I was so heartbroken
things unsaid, left unspoken
You've been wanting
You've been searching
for just one reason
you are one in a million
~
You've been wanting
anything but me
we're past the point of
intersection
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4. |
The Reaping
04:26
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You missed the sickness
missed the flat tyres
your son's new love
is burning like a wild fire
Cuppa in the sunshine
impromptu dinners
long discussions
our patience growing ever thinner
Sometimes it might feel like we're each discrete colours on a map
But I tell you from up here it doesn't make one iota of a difference
And on the ground we're all just hurtling towards the same end
Somewhere along the line our colours all start to blend
You've spent so long
counting all the things that you've been missing
a phantom memory
don't waste all of your years on reminiscing
and the saddest thing of all
I won't let a single tear fall
this was your doing
finally you can see
you're the only one who stands to be
losing out
What a tragedy of your own doing
what a tragedy of your own choosing
This is the reaping
this is the reaping
this is the reaping
you reap what you sow
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5. |
Valley Divine
03:28
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I hear your laugh echo through the valley at me
eyes so sharp you gaze from the highest tree
your mirth punctuated by a shriek
now there's only 3 pulses left in the valley
Ears perk up and heads snap 'round
to look for the source of the sound
I think to myself 'when will i ever learn?'
as the body starts to burn
the smell of soot and ash fills the air
with the panicked sounds of braying from the mare
move close to the wall of heat, if you dare
and the taste of desperation everywhere
Sit on the rock, lean into the breeze
you cannot escape the sea
the way of the lands has been worn over time
you let me twist on the vine
the valley oh so divine
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6. |
The Remainder
03:39
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stand in the wake of the tide
and watch the echoes collide
the pieces that are left
prove that we exist
and all that may remain;
fingernails on countertops
puddles after rain
if hold a bit of you,
will you hold me too?
emerge from the fog
we're just fragments falling up
slip into the silver stream
the energy - all you have been
and all that may remain;
the shadow of the love shared
the ones who feel the same
and all that does remain;
a cobbling of possessions
and one deceased estate
if I hold a bit of you,
will you hold me too?
you are the remainder
you are the remainder
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