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Back Then
05:03
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I have to live without knowing you
Present remains in the past
And I’m tired of feeling sad about it
At a time, we crossed paths
I can’t take back the things I said back then
When you’re young and you don’t think it’ll ever end
Though we’re under the same sky, I think you’d understand
Your world is a kaleidoscope and I know your middle name
Thinking the worst when the phone rings suddenly
Wasn’t always this way
I can’t take back the things I said back then
When you’re young and you don’t think it’ll ever end
Though we’re under the same sky, I think you’d understand
Remember the fear of knowing that all there was, was love?
At the end of the day, it was all we were thinking of
Like it was planned
I have to live without knowing you and I know your middle name
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2. |
Sound Advice
03:21
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I’ve had too much to time alone to myself
My mind has been cruel and lazy
I'm starting to second guess the choices I have made
It pretty much rains here everyday
You’ll get used to it they say
The summers are beautiful, they make it all worthwhile
Starting over again but it feels much worse and you need time
It’s been a hell of a year and I’m holding all my fears
Giving sound advice but feeling bad inside
I hope someday this will end
I’ve tried hard enough to forget
Souvenirs of a past of what I once called home
There were things left unsaid
Is this what you thought you wanted?
Left the familiar for a city so alone
Starting over again but it feels much worse and you need time
It’s been a hell of a year and I’m holding all my fears
Giving sound advice but feeling bad inside, oh why?
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3. |
Night
04:19
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You leave in the night
You pack your things and walk out the door
What’s waiting on the other side?
Tired of feeling unstable
You’ve seen this storyline
Is this who you really are?
To make it in the big time, you leave it all behind
There’s isn't time to unravel
Years of feeling small and feeling doubtful
Cause we live and we work then we’re dead
And we can’t wonder what could have been instead
I’m a completist
And I don’t know how to think about a future
Is it possible to live underwater?
Let’s say in another time, would this be who we really are?
Did we make it to the big time? Or is it all just in my mind?
It takes a heart to wait in vain
And I guess I’ve got lots of time to waste
And it felt like the world had crashed beneath my feet
It felt like I had nothing left to see
There’s isn't time to unravel
Years of feeling small and feeling doubtful
Cause we live and we work then we’re dead
And we can’t wonder what could have been instead
You leave in the night
Packed your things and walked out the door
What’s waiting on the other side?
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Holiday
03:30
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Hold on to your past
Cause it feels more real than hope
Your heart will heal but it still feels cold
You remember things that I chose to forget
I feel bad taking space in your head
Because you left I felt safe with being
You got married and moved to the coast
Isn’t it funny that we grew old?
Hold on to your past
Cause it feels closer to home
Suburban skies, looking for streetlamps, a fleeting feeling to be alone
I remember things that you kept from your new friends
They were some of the best moments we spent
Because you left I felt safe with being
You got married and moved to the coast
Isn’t it funny that we grew old?
Give me a reason to believe that we are young and we are free
And I’ll open up, leave it alone and let it go
And I’ll open up, leave it alone, I’ll let you go
Because you left I felt safe with being
You got married and moved to the coast
You say “I miss you” every holiday
I hope you’re doing okay
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It used to be quiet
I walked down your street
Now I’m scheduling phone calls and asking the same things
It used to rain in July
Snuck out to the roof to get high
You used to talk about dreaming like there was something to believe
I can't admit you're a stranger
Cause when you say my name it sounds familiar
You and me, hanging on to faded memories
You used to be wild
I thought you would leave a mark so deep that I’d always remember
But that was so long ago
I can't admit you're a stranger
Cause when you say my name it sounds familiar
You and me, hanging on to faded memories
So here goes nothing, if it's the end
Does it still matter to you? Or have you had it?
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6. |
Lighting a Fire
04:36
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Turning the page
Lighting a fire
I’m hearing something else
Are you being true?
Been a year since I saw you last
Is it really you?
Turning the page
Lighting a fire
How things have changed and you
My time is running out to love another
Do what we’re told to do
Can’t call me mother
Turning the page
Lighting a fire
How things have changed and you can’t hold me down
I’m hearing something else
Is it really you?
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Haunted
04:31
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If in a year’s time
I am still haunted by my mind
Please drag me outside under the trees
Put down a blanket and leave me be
I can't afford to talk this all through
But I don't want to become you
I am afraid and am I am sorry
If in a year’s time
I am still haunted my mind
Please take me to shore to follow the stream
Under the stars and into the sea
I don't have time to talk it all through
But I don't want to become you
I am afraid and I am sorry
Until you feel something, I think it's wasting away
and there will be nothing left
Then you’ll grow older, you'll talk of the dreams that you had
And how you're too old for that now
These words you recite that you're speaking are words you're taught to feel
And there is nothing left
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8. |
Other Cities
03:25
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When it was easy to get lost on a train
Another night not remembering
What was your name? I swear I met you before
When was the last time you came to New York?
The lights had blinded me as you vanished in the wall
Feeling like I could be anyone
Had so much love but so much to run from
Where does love go when it’s gone?
I seemed to leave a part of me back there
And I still feel you in the summer air
The lights had blinded me as you vanished in the wall
Feeling like I could be anyone
Had so much love but so much to run from
Where does love go when it’s gone?
Feeling like I could be just anyone
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9. |
The Lake
03:34
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I guess I'm doing better than I have been
Everything reminds me of something
Nothing feels familiar at all
I feel familiar with feeling lost
It comes back to me when I try to sleep
A familiar buzzing energy
Frames of pictures good and sad
Ideas of the time we could have had
Taking a chance to see what happens
What if nothing ever happens?
I guess I'm doing better than I have been
It’s all the same and so uncertain
Drove through mountains and the rain
To leave the heartache that remained
It comes back to me when I try to sleep
A familiar buzzing energy
Frames of pictures good and sad
Ideas of the time we could have had
Taking a chance to see what happens
What if nothing ever happens?
I wanna go out to the lake
I wanna feel a part of the universe
But I make these rules I like to break
So I can feel bad about something
Cause it makes me feel safe
I can feel bad
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10. |
I Exist
04:25
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Is it possible to feel so regretful, to be so close, seem so far?
Constantly running on empty until another loses spark
I didn't need much
But I needed someone to remind me I exist and everything’s fine
Everything seems to be fine
There were nights I stayed out with you riding the trains to nowhere
But you always seemed to feel content with where you were
Now you’re gone with the wind
I didn't need much
But I needed someone to remind me I exist and everything’s fine
Everything seems to be fine
When it started to look like things were turning around
Growing old and still, you still followed the sound
Lost your way chasing mindless dreams
But I held on tight as we continued to sink down deeper
I didn't need much
But I needed someone to remind me I exist and everything’s fine
Everything seems to be fine
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Tiny Microphone Portland, Oregon
Tiny Microphone is the moniker for Kristine from Tiny Fireflies and Very Truly Yours. "Other Cities" LP reissue on Shelflife
Records and Fastcut Records out August 25th.
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