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If I Don't
04:12
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If I don't start my days the same way
or cook and clean up my space
can I still participate?
I feel like there's a balance
in my life
but I can't really say
I'm stumped to find myself afraid to act on how I feel
Because every time I feel like I have seized the day
If I ran in one direction I always came out the other way
Because I can't see what awaits me
Laying silent in the yard
The steam rises from the fire
that has just been harmed
If I don't feel okay in my space
Alone,
I feel like I can't behave
Do I need you in my life?
Do I need you in my life?
This path I have walked
Has not felt like my own
I've been swept away
And now I get to decide what I want in my life.
But I can't see what awaits me
Laying silent in the yard
The steam rises from the fire
that has just been harmed
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Fog
03:25
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This is me
Alone in the backyard
On my back
Looking at stars
When they call for me
from their chair through the window
I'll pretend not to notice
I'll pretend I'm over there
In that beautiful night
My glow, raining on the dark Earth
This is me
And as the dew melts in the springtime
with fog so thick
I lose my mind
I forget I'm on this Earth
and, for a little moment
...for a brief pause...
...for a teensy morsel of a sliver of a second...
...
I hear them call my name,
I pretend not to notice.
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Know Yourself
02:31
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Know yourself and it should be clear
But two eyes can't stare into the sun
I built my life to watch it drift away
Let it go
I wish
I can't let circles drift apart
I wanna be okay with myself
I wanna be okay with my life
I wanna be able to sit in silence for a moment
and still feel alright
I can't believe how long the day feels
But how fast the night comes
and how I'm stuck in this position
where I seem to never see the sun
Cancel my subscription
to this overwhelming experience.
Let me be in the world
and be calm.
I wanna be okay with myself
I wanna be okay with my life
I wanna be able to sit in silence for a moment
and still feel alright
I can't believe how long the day feels
But how fast the night comes
and how I'm stuck in this position
where I seem to never see the sun
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Collectors Item Brooklyn, New York
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Collectors Item is Michael Matsakis and a rotating roster of his dear friends.
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