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Love & Regret
04:13
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Rights, entitlements, and all we dreamed of
Taught us how to fight for what we feel
But though we swore the darkness couldn’t reach us
Here we are not knowing what is real
Oh how quickly our eyes folded inward
Our castles crumbled in the course of weeks
Even though the wound kept scabbing over
It only took more time to make it bleed
I want to cross the deep divide
Between the mess and better times
So shove me hard, but take my hand
We’ll make this right again
What if you and I were done denying
That maybe love is stronger than regret
Being burned out just means we are finding
These grown up things come down to baby steps,
Which is why I said
I don’t care how far
These are our hearts
And mending scars
Means who we are
Must break, so be brave
And we’ll go to cross the deep divide
Beyond this mess we’ll come alive
So shove me hard and take my hand
We’ll make this right again
So be brave
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You Can Break It
04:11
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Ugly weeks of eyes opened wide, taking in
All I need to scramble up my mind, and now
It’s fleeting fickle feelings and flat lines
Enough to think that maybe I have lost love this time
But I still want to want you
So be my only hope to save this
Bigger than what I can’t make it
I’m not there, but here I’ll say
This heart is hard but you can break it
Little things and trifles of belief, cover me
Messing with these notions of my need, till I’m
Leathered skin from sun scorched summer heat
I try to shed but winter comes to freeze me underneath
But you have said I’m worth it
So be my only hope to save this
Bigger than what I can’t make it
I’m not there, but here I’ll say
This heart is hard but you can break it
Overwhelm these walls I can’t take down
Wreck this maze I can’t find my way out
Take me there until I can say
This heart is hard but you can break it
Cuz I still want to want you
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Letting Go
05:03
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Can you hear my heart racing?
Embracing each second now before the crash
Cuz you see my mind’s pacing
Saying, “You can’t make this last more than a moment
You’ve tried, you’ve failed before, so let go”
Can you feel my pulse beating?
Seeing how I had settled for much less
But I’ve long since stopped breathing
Needing to run and hide from the mess I leave behind me
It happens every time
There is no doubt in my mind
You can fill what’s long been emptied
It’s my own heart I’m not sure that I know
I’ve waited for all of this time
Just to be where you could take me
But I’m afraid that I might let you go
Can you see these walls breaking?
You’re making a brand new man in who you are
But my hands still are shaking
Faking this confidence to hide these scars I’ve self inflicted
I swear the problem's me
… But I’m afraid that I might let you go,
And bring the end
To this love, I can’t defend
So I must know, will you catch me when I fall again?
Cuz there is no doubt in my mind
You can fill what’s long been emptied
But right now I just need your strength to show
I’ve waited for all of this time
Just to be where you could take me
My only hope is you wont let me go
Our only chance is you wont let me go
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Words
03:54
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Long nights, bare before realities that won’t back down
Blurred lines, drawing futile boundaries
Between fear and doubt
Palms wide, grasping in the dark for anything to say
Fists tight, but all I have is sand that quickly falls away
Nothing’s left of words to bring
To questions without answering
But I’m still here, it’s you and me
And the greatest words we learned from love
Are “hope is real, and hope will be enough”
Dry eyes, robbed past your tears by how it feels to fight
But tonight, we’ll make something from nothing
While we’re side by side
For all that’s left is wondering
Like wintertime for barren trees
But I’m still here, it’s you and me
And the greatest words we learned from love
Are “hope is real, and hope will be enough”
So hear the words screaming out
From our two hands we’re holding tight
Hear the words shouted loud
From what it means to sacrifice
Hear the words behind the words
When I say, “we’re not giving up”
Hear the words that we once heard
There’s hope in love and we have love, we have love
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Monsters
05:33
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You lie awake beneath the lies
Pacing through your ruined thoughts
And saying you’re just fine
But monsters of the night, you’re hiding from in fright
Still roar in your eyes
I want to chase them all away
Break down every closet door
Until you know you’re safe
But could it be enough to close your eyes up
With just one touch
Of stronger love
Hush now dearest, calm your fears with
Letting go and letting be
Still your thinking with believing
Quiet now, it’s time to sleep
Please, enter now into my rest
Slow down that frantic pulse
That’s sprinting through your head
The sweat on your brow from all the “why” and “how”
Could leave you now
I will be here, I’ll protect you
I won’t ever leave
I will hold you, and I’ll tell you
Whispering in your dreams
That you can’t see the half
No, you’ve seen nothing yet
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The Tradeoffs St. Louis, Missouri
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