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Oars
03:37
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Pardon
04:02
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No matter where you go,
You can give your heart away –
The only difference is who she is.
So light another cigarette and walk away,
‘Cause fabricating love is not your business.
Twenty years ago, we were just little kids –
The only difference is in our minds.
I had a way of keeping everything simple then,
But then I grew, and started drawing lines.
‘Cause I don’t want to start a war again,
And I don’t need another fight.
So when the criminal comes crawling in,
Cut the chains, and make it right.
Where you’re gonna go is where I could never be;
I never found a way to simplify.
But maybe in the end, I’ll become the little kid…
Maybe in the end, I’ll make it right.
‘Cause I don’t want to start a war again,
And I don’t need another fight.
So when the criminal comes crawling in,
Cut the chains, and make it right.
‘Cause I refuse to start a war again,
And I won’t have another fight.
‘Cause I’m the criminal who’s crawling in,
So cut the chains, and make it right.
Make it right.
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3. |
Timing
03:25
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Little boats weaving, a lake in my mind
In the silence I never knew.
Threads of a hidden, subconscious design,
And the courage to see them through.
4,000 miles’ worth of all that I’ve been,
And I thought I could leave it there.
But failed resolutions are too much to fend off
When memories don’t repair.
“I’m helpless but hopeful,” she said as I stared,
“But I guess that is all we can be.”
I learned then that timing will never be fair,
And that distance will always deceive.
So this is me,
Sweeping your history
From under your feet.
Little boats weaving, a lake in my mind
In the chances I never knew.
Threads of a quietly careful design
Where I’ll always have room for you.
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4. |
Arcs
04:47
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I know there’s a cold wind coming.
I can feel it on your skin.
But I promise you I’ll pull that sunlight in.
In my head, there is an oar on the wrong course,
Drifting out and coming back.
And you’re the brittle branch afloat on all I lack.
Do you remember when we had to call the car?
Two bright reminders of how fragile humans are.
You told me of a cold wind coming.
You could feel it on your skin.
Once, I promised you I’d pull that sunlight in.
Do you remember how we laid there in the dark?
Two feeble stories trapped in four determined arms.
I wrote a promise on a wall of evil arcs,
Two bright reminders of how fragile my words are.
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5. |
Mirrors feat. Metasota
04:26
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Here we go, back to where we started.
I never thought it’d come to this again.
Our better plans tossed to the wayside, buddy –
A view of all the men we should’ve been.
Do you really need this?
Is this a lie you tell yourself?
‘Cause life can be a one-way ticket,
Or life can be a long and dusty shelf.
Here we go…
Simpler times, we never knew.
It’s never gonna get easier to follow through.
Believe in what you will, but 22 is nothing
But a catalyst for what you have to do.
‘Cause you really need this;
You can see it in the glass.
You question, and question, and question the truth,
But the questioning is never gonna last.
Oh my god –
I hope I didn’t wait
I hope I didn’t wait too long.
Oh my god –
I hope I didn’t wait
I hope I didn’t wait too long.
[Metasota]
Anybody out there? Ya hear my confusion?
Not afraid of the ways of the vague;
I only fear a conclusion.
Feel my spirit is movin’,
Tryna steer clear of exclusion –
The man in the mirror’s abused his time enough,
So I’m here to diffuse this.
Times are rough;
Every rhyme’s a touch of my soul in this cold world.
And any time I try to muster up strength,
I’m stuck in this rut like it won’t turn…
Forgive my faults, but I give my all;
Within these thoughts, I’ll live right on.
Throwing me slack is holding me back,
Alone on this track, and if I fall…
Hold me down – literally, let me drown.
‘Bout to stress me out; OG clouds
Fillin’ in me, let me float ‘til my rep peace out.
And hopefully, I’ll go where I’m sposed to be:
On the throne as I roam the streets;
Plenty broke for weeks, I smoke this keef,
Higher than gas is, so to speak.
Ironically, you never been low as me.
No woe is me – I openly admit it.
Rode the beat to these frozen peaks,
Uphold my piece – I’m totally committed.
Angels watchin’, halos broken – oh my god –
Demons lurkin’, heathens focused, hold my guard…
[He Who Never]
Oh my god –
I hope I didn’t wait
I hope I didn’t wait too long.
Oh my god –
I hope I didn’t wait
I hope I didn’t wait too long.
Oh my god –
I hope I didn’t wait
I hope I didn’t wait too long.
Oh my god –
I hope I didn’t wait
I hope I didn’t wait too long.
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6. |
Fault Lines
07:55
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Hang your head now, fight the sound off.
Can I ask you to believe:
I would offer more than memory,
But it’s all I brought with me.
All the wanderings of a young man
Died in silence at the door
Where I left them with a letter;
I don’t want them anymore.
We were 20 when it started,
And today you’re 23.
I don’t mean to count the numbers,
But by 24, I will be
Over oceans, on the pavement,
Dressed in white flags and honesty.
I walk in and sit myself down,
You’re distracted with the tea.
(What am I doing here?)
“Draw your fault lines on the table;
You can trace them next to mine.
Have you heard of last October?”
You sit back and take the time.
“All the wanderings of a young man
Found themselves on foreign shores,
And I knew then, I’d be back here –
I am not waiting anymore.”
(What am I doing here?)
Hold on.
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He Who Never Minneapolis, Minnesota
He Who Never is the musical project of Aaron Rosell and August Ogren out of Minneapolis, MN.
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