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New (Intro)
00:47
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New
04:42
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I’ve known this body half as long as I’ve known my own
Dip, curve, and aperture: something out of literature
I know the path of the veins that disappear under the sleeves of your cotton shirt
Rolled up for the temperature
The velvet at the small of your back and the crook of your elbow
These are places only I know; places only you know
Every time is new to me
Every time is new to me
Strong hands, what you do to me
Every time is new
You make signs for yourself to take you back to your favourite parts
Turn left at the shoulder-blade; keep true
The shock at the nape of my neck at the touch of your finger
I always know it’s you
You measure out the length of the silver scar behind my knee
These are places only you see; places only I see
But every time is new to me
Every time is new to me
Keen eye what you find in me
Every time is new
Half light in your hair, approaching rain is in the air
Chase the warmth along your skin before we let the day begin
Half light in your hair
Rain is in the air tonight
Every time is new to me
Every time is new to me
Strong hands, what you do to me
Every time is new
But every time is new to me
Every time is new to me
Keen eye what you find in me
Every time is new
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Refuse
03:00
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How much space do I have for tragedy?
Real estate is prime between the first and seventh rib
Will the pieces settle down with gravity
Or are the edges sharp, and will they gut me from within?
The average human life-span’s nowhere near enough to satisfy
The monumental tower of plans I have for you and I
So sweetheart, be careful when you drive
How much of me is actually you?
How much of you is in my bones and everything my fingers do?
And, should we check your insides, I suspect that you and I would find
Corresponding pieces of me, too
Typically, men die seven years or so before their female partners
But statistics don’t mean answers; family history of cancer
And you’re already eighteen months ahead
So darling do your steps and eat your vegetables
I don’t plan on answering these questions for a long, long time
When I can say the loss was worth the gain
And memories left between us insulate against the pain
No one ever told me just how much there is to lose
Or how, basically, we’re all set up for failure
So love, do me a favour
When death knocks: refuse
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4. |
Sunburn Song
04:04
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Somehow, I got sunburned in the weak September sun
Somehow, I stood still as you declared you’d found the one
And you and she are very happy
And you and I weren’t meant to be
In the September sun you walked away from me
Things go on
They always do
But I keep crying, crying at the loss of you
Somehow, I got sunburned in the weak September sun
It’s funny what you think of when the rest of you is numb
Like ‘you had never said forever’,
And ‘I guess I should have known
That eventually you’d leave me on my own.’
Things go on
They always do
But I keep crying, crying at the loss of you
Things go on
They always will
But I can’t help but think you might come back
If I stand very still
Somehow, I got sunburned in the weak September sun
All I did was watch and count your footsteps, one by one
I’m not sure how long I stood there
Hoping that you would return
In the September sun, you left me there to burn
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Silence
03:35
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I’m trying to decide if you love me
Or if you’re just used to my hairdryer next to the sink
I’m trying to divine if the wine on the table is for dinner
Or if I just drive you to drink
Because marriage is easy when you face the same way
But turn off the TV and there’s not much to say in the silence
You only tell me you love me when someone has died
And I may not know how to answer, but darling, I tried
I’ve been walking in circles, been bleeding this stone
Who knew either way I’d be tired and alone in the end?
Been wondering now if you want me
Or if you just think that you’re supposed to be holding my hand
Been figuring out if alright is enough
Or am I just comfortable following plans
Because loving is easy with people around
But when they go home there’s that you and me sound of silence
You only ask me to stay when there’s nobody else
And now I have realised, I’m only fooling myself
I’ve been holding my breath, been wasting my time
I’m still at the bottom, too tired to climb anymore
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6. |
Relativity
03:25
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I am a planet thrown out of orbit
I’m spinning in freefall
Trying to get back to elliptical pull
But Kepler’s got nothing on you
Heliocentric: and you are the one
Irresistible force
And who would deny the sun what it asks for
When asked so inevitably?
And who am I to fight random chance
As galaxies waltz in titanic dance
And such creatures as we have the luck to exist
The same time, the same place, the same sphere?
It all ends in chaos: it’s there in the stars
And love’s not that different when push comes to shove
But, here in the moment
We reel in our own relativity
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Jasmyne Middleton Melbourne, Australia
A singer, songwriter, and arranger from Melbourne, Australia, Jasmyne gathers the things she likes best from genres like jazz, alt-pop, rock, and alt rnb and uses them to create emotional, lyrically-driven music. Songs, Like Letters is her debut EP: she looks forward to sharing it with you. ... more
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