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Handwriting
03:03
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Your words were like pictures
Built with a thousand meanings
Your words were fingerprints
Your shaping of letters
Curved my heart around them
You curved into my skin
I fell in love with your handwriting
Our weaknesses and flaws
They were laid between us
Our secrets whispering
Buried in my faults
You were there in spite them
But you were gone in one more blink
I fell in love
I fell in love with your handwriting
We broke, we crumbled
We felt too much inside
We tore apart
The distance was too wide
We fell in love with words
We were lovers through converse
And now we don’t write at all
Your words were like pictures
Built with a thousand meanings
Your words were fingerprints
I miss all your letters
Things were far from done
We connected like sentences
I fell in love with your handwriting
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2. |
Let Go
02:41
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Can you hear the beat of the rain
Urging you to dance?
Feel it soaking in your skin
Draws your brilliance
Embrace the darkened clouds you carry
There are stars up high
Dare to jump in all the puddles
Limits don’t apply
Let the lightening flash before your eyes
Let the mud sink between your toes
Hold out your arms, because tonight
The thunder sings for you
So let go, let go
Can you hear it strike the ground?
The rhythm alive
Make a fool of yourself
Come out of your mind
There’s more to being brace
Than defeating your doubts
Dare to jump into the storm
Apart from the crowd
Let the lightening flash before your eyes
Let the mud sink between your toes
Hold out your arms, because tonight
The thunder sings for you
So let go, let go
Let your body make its own melody
Let your days breathe colour into life
Let the lightening flash before your eyes
Let the mud sink between your toes
Hold out your arms, because tonight
The thunder sings for you
So let go, let go, let go
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3. |
Hide
02:47
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I’ll count the stars
Cross my feet
And stay here, at home
Them, they don’t
Understand
I’d rather be alone
There’s this fear
That what I say
It all comes out wrong
I don’t mean to offend
I just forget
How to belong
Their words, their minds
Their thoughts, their eyes
It all gets too much
I’ll wrap myself in covers
And it will all be okay
I just have to run away sometimes
I won’t be this way forever
I’ll face the cold someday
But right now, I’m content to hide
There are times
The weak inside
Leaves me bare
There are times
I’ll close my eyes
And still feel the stare
Their words, their minds
Their thoughts, their eyes
It sticks in my bones
Their words, their minds
Their thoughts, their eyes
It all gets too much
I’ll wrap myself in covers
And it will all be okay
I just have to run away sometimes
I won’t be this way forever
I’ll face the cold someday
But right now, I’m content to hide
But right now, I’m content to
Dream of a world
Where my adventures unfold
Dream of a place
Where I don’t feel so afraid
But I come back to reality
And it’s all too much
I’ll wrap myself in covers
And it will all be okay
I just have to run away sometimes
I won’t be this way forever
I have better days
But right now
I feel safe and warm
Right now
I can’t take any more
But right now
I’m content to hide
But right now
I’m content to hide
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4. |
Someday
02:07
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5. |
I'll Know
02:51
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You want us to start on a blank page
Filling in all the lines
I’d write the happy ending
But the past stains my mind
Feel like I’m on my last try
Constantly searching for words
Wish I could say I’m confused but
We’ve been here before
Guess I could try a last time
And the answer will write itself
Maybe I’ll give a little more
If only for myself
One day I’ll know
If you’re here because you care
One day I’ll know
If it’s loneliness we share
I’ll know our love was failure
Or if it was just for paper
I’ll know, I'll know, I'll know
I don’t know if I should trust you
And forgive you again
You’re full of excuses
But you can’t erase the pen
Sometimes I’m on the verge of
Finally turning the page
But you draw me in
You heal the ache
Guess I could try a last time
And the answer will write itself
Maybe I’ll give a little more
If only for myself
One day I’ll know
If you’re here because you care
One day I’ll know
If it’s loneliness we share
I’ll know our love was failure
Or if it was just for paper
I’ll know, I'll know, I'll know
I’ll know you’ll tear
My heart out of these
Pages, you’ll swear
You won’t hurt me
Again, but your story is running thin
I’ll write it, but will my pen run out of ink?
One day I’ll know
If you’re here because you care
One day I’ll know
If it’s loneliness we share
I’ll know our love was failure
Or if it was just for paper
I’ll know, I'll know, I'll know
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6. |
Walking
03:19
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Everyone chooses to walk so fast
Chasing the light as it rests in their grasps
And though it is selfish, and though they deserve it
Is there a point?
Walking through a crowded street
Everyone seems to be ahead of me
When no one slows down, it's hard to keep up
Is there a point?
'Cause it seems I can never do anything right
I can never be rid of this fright
I must stumble and fall through life
And I can only keep on walking
Keep on walking
Walking through the race
When failure chooses to drip down my face
For the world to see, and though I want to
I can’t find the point to
Keep on walking
'Cause it seems I can never do anything right
I can never be rid of this fright
I must stumble and fall through life
And I can only keep on walking
Keep on walking
I stop, I can't find the will to move
My legs are aching, I know I'll lose
And I'm scared I'll walk 'till there's nothing left
Burn out my feet and leave the rest
'Cause it seems I can never do anything right
I can never be rid of this fright
I must stumble and fall through life
And I can only keep on walking
Keep on walking
Road pricks under my feet while I
Carry the weight of the world
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7. |
Escape (new)
03:38
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You say, “Get out of here,
Leave as fast as you can.”
My heart starts to disappear
Like footsteps lost in sand
Leave behind every part of me
Learn to let go
Further from my friends and family
For a life of my own
I won’t escape
You say, “It’s not as it seems,
Go where you’ll be safe.”
For the first time I think,
“I can’t save the day.”
How can I leave the chaos in my home
And leave you to die?
How can you think to push me alone
And leave me alive?
No, I won’t leave, I won’t let go
Without you
I don’t see the life I love
Without you
I won’t escape
Does love save us all?
Do the fairy tales believe it?
Does love make us fall
But won’t pick up the pieces?
I won’t escape
I can’t escape
Without you.
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Ramita Arora
Ramita Arora is a singer/songwriter from Ontario, Canada.
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