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you’re like a mirror ball
the light shifts and it’s almost blinding
took a spin on the killing floor
lost my feet but it’s all coming back again
and then it all ends
and it feels just like it happened in a dream
nothing’s ever as it seems
love within and life without
outlines living everywhere
sun up with your warm breath waiting
so real, still here
reach out but it’s always fading
away into the day
and it feels just like it happened in a dream
nothing’s ever as it seems
love within and life without
if it’s real tear the stitches from the seems
just to find out what it means to us
to hold within a love we though would walk with us forever more
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i’m not so bold that i could think that there’s a place you’d rather be
that i could think that all these words would somehow reach
from my house to yours
i’m not so old that i won’t let the laws of gravity take hold
no fear that i would rather kill than to indulge
but if we let these arms reach
would you lie awake like me?
a feeling i can’t shake knowing what’s at stake
does it just feel right this time? does your city sleep like mine?
im not so tired that i’d go calling out your name into the dark
that I can’t tell that this is how a fire starts
but if we let these flames breathe
would you lie awake like me?
a feeling i can’t shake knowing what’s at stake
does it just feel right this time? does your city sleep like mine?
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Swimming in the Rain
04:13
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there were days you knew me you didn’t think of me this way
and i looked right through you never wished for that to change
now we hear each other like the crashing of a wave
as we echo gently through the bloodshot summer haze
killing time til i see you
never thought that i’d hold you in this way
but i’d wait to be young this summer to have days that never end
float around each other you could bring me back again
to my own undoing just like we’re swimming in the rain
and we could drown together that’s comfort just the same
killing time til i see you
never thought that i’d hold you in this way
but i’d wait for you
you’re on my mind
to be young this summer
crash around me like a wave
we could drown forever
in the bloodshot summer haze
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Ties That Bind
04:20
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no old song could hold its own knowing you’re truly gone but i’ll sing along
and all their words don’t mean a thing mumma says i’m growing thin time to move on
hindsight is such a bitter friend but i felt the change coming on the wind
and if it fills your sails too may it take you far as you want it to
but if i called your name would you hear mine too ringing true as one
and the ties that bind they just need some time to fall away and come undone
all these streets just lead my mind back to better times and telltale signs
i guess we knew this song would come lying deep within time to begin to move on
but if i sang your name would you hear mine too ringing true as one
and the ties that bind they just need some time to fall away and come undone
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Lost on Earth
03:24
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all this time this old compass seems to only lie
stumble blind into salvation with its arms out wide
i bit the hands that left me asking why with my limbs all tied
but i’m still here wanting
to find somewhere we could run to that we could get lost on earth
find someone worth believing that i could get lost in her
filled with doubt this busted heart still has a bit of spark
throw me out into the wreckage of another night
with all the others dressed to fuck or fight
but i’ll find a light that could lead me onward to
to find somewhere we could run to that we could get lost on earth
find someone worth believing that I could get lost in her
for what it’s worth i’ve run to the reaches of logic and reason
forgot what they taught of the promise of love
took chances on leaving a dream not worth dreaming if i cant dream of her
but we, we could get lost on earth
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New Frontier
04:22
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found your moment of clarity never quite found the words for me
shot your flare into the sky and watched it burn out in the night
laying out what your mother gave take the mistakes that your father made
whatever fits you for just one day
just for a moment can we pretend everything’s like when we first met
standing on the edge of a new frontier
when you could break me with your love but not with fear
headlights bending through the window shades
i know you weren’t sleeping anyway
can feel you crawling with restlessness
i remember a better time when we didn’t count all the cracks we’d find
and our hearts knew best
love is a fugitive with the world in tow
you could chase it down or let it go
it’s a wonder anyone could get so near
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Slacker of the Year
04:03
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copy paste another hectic day i woke up late and i’m still so tired
all of my responsibilities turn into casualties ‘til i get high
i could sleep for days don’t leave your flowers where i lay
i’m not coming down from here i could be the slacker of the year
i’m not coming down from here
i had dreams of going out today find a brand new place to leave my mark on
into a world of possibility a sad celebrity i could go far
i could earn their praise taking prizes from the mad parade
i can hear the people cheer calling me the slacker of the year
i’m not coming down from here i‘m not coming down
in a world of such atrocity and animosity there stands a hero
up against the wrongs that he can see in everything
with the world below pointing to the sky
i hear the children as i fly so high i can hear them loud and clear
calling for the slacker of the year
i’m not coming down from here
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Still Miss You
04:51
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like a child awake in bed count the seconds i hold my breath
i could wait right here forever like a letter never sent
in the silence that you won’t break the comfort you won’t shake
would you raise your eyes to meet me and show me that you’re ok
but it goes on i still miss you now you’re home traded faith for the unknown
like a lamb upon the stone make me bleed or let me go
i can find my own way to be gone
don’t just stand there by the gate wiping tears as i drive away
there’s no distance that i could get to that i wont see that face
now i’m gone i still miss you now you’re home traded faith for the unknown
like a lamb upon the stone make me bleed or let me go
i can find my own way to be gone
forever gone
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Dressed For Rain
03:45
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feels like we’re running different scores
you’re always hungry and i’m never wanting more
but i got food for thought that’s what laughter’s for
you know i’d always be your clown if you’d just let me hang around
to smile through the pain but all you ever do is dress for rain
all that you do is dress for rain
and we’ll get sent to different shores
you’ll take your chance to correspond another war
but i got news for you you don’t have to shoot
my flag is failing in the wind nobody has to lose just so you can win
time and again why’d you always have to dress for rain?
all that you do is dress for rain
and all this talk of different worlds
astronomy ain’t easy for a complicated girl
but i could be your moon circle right round you
so take a trip up here someday the sun will shine in exactly the same way
and I’ll shine the same and you wont ever have to dress for rain
but all that you do is dress for rain
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Sleep On
04:55
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i shift to find the world you sleep in
and i pray the light won’t pull you from your dreaming
but even as i hold you now in my arms
i can feel us drift apart
it’s quiet enough for me to hear you breathing
drowning out the movement on the street
and every time i feel you twitch next to me
i can feel you waking from your sleep
for so long we hid together from the things to come
for so long pressed to each other like the only ones
so go on holding on forever to what’s gone
let love sleep on
i could hold on to a moment for a lifetime
keeping you from opening your eyes
but even as your body falls into mine
i can feel it waking to a lie
for so long we hid together from the things to come
for so long pressed to each other like the only ones
so go on holding on forever to what’s gone
let love sleep on
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Jim Lawrie Melbourne, Australia
Jim Lawrie is a songwriting gem – an artist transitioning from his previous incarnation as a folk singer-songwriter into a purveyor of soaring alt-country rock 'n' roll. On record and live, his performances are gorgeous and Jim's trademark vocal purity is a highlight; melodic, harmonious, warm and human. ... more
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