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Reticence
02:52
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Why am I so paranoid?
I'm always thinking the worst is bound to come
Thoughts I can't avoid
I know that you love me
Still think you're trying to fuck me
I know you're not vicious
Still wonder if you're malicious
My thoughts become devoid of reasoning and joy
How did I become hesitant?
I used to be an open journal without redactions
Now I'm so reticent
You'll take all my stories
Then later use them against me
Don't know your intentions
Still unsure what I should mention
My mindset's evidence of trust impediments
Be wary of those who give their love too quick
They'll take it away just as swiftly
The pedestal you're on's a trap door
At your first mistake you'll crash through the floor
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Tango On
04:31
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Some day, maybe I’ll love you
For now you’re not what I want
I don’t know if I’ll ever get there
Just feels like we’re on a jaunt
You’ve got virtues and talent
I can’t say what just won't click
I’m not trying to play hard to get, dear
But my feelings are quite anemic
Far from the best
You’re just like the rest
But let's give this a try
I’m not content
This wasn’t meant to be
But if we tangle maybe we’ll stay tied
Back then, I thought I adored you
Now I just want you gone
In hindsight, the red flags were glaring
Willful blindness while I watched you fawn
We’ve got almost nothing in common
Just a couple of trivial facts
I guess they don’t stick forever
But it’s true that opposites attract
Without a doubt
I need to get out
I’m just squandering my youth
Although I feel trapped
And my patience is tapped out
I won’t let this misery grow long in the tooth
We got all tangled
Now I want untied
We got all tangled
I just want untied
At the flip of a switch
Your love feels so rich
I think you’re just my kind
My prudence is marred
I can’t drop my guard
I’m growing irrational from being confined
We got all tangled
Now I want untied
We got all tangled
I just want untied
We got all tangled
I just want untied
My plans got mangled
Life’s stuck on standby
We got all tangled
I just want untied
My dreams got wrangled
Subdued like lullabies
We got all tangled
I just want untied
My hopes got strangled
Still got no alibi
We got all tangled
Now I want untied
We got all tangled
I just want untied
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3. |
Plight of L'Abeille
03:23
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Traced flights of the bumblebee
Through canals and crooked streets
Off guard, it turned around and stung me
Felt sore, gained liberty
I got lured by melodies
That sirens sang with fingernail beats
Relief came, just a fleeting fix
Like liquor feels until it stomps and kicks
Now I’ve got a whole lot of new problems
That I have added to my mix
Love and lust both keep me sane
Distracting me from the world’s current state
No style, I've got holes in my clothes
No more grit, a small comfort zone
And unsure what I condemn or condone
Then one day, like an epiphany
A voice appeared so soft and sweet
“Could you foresee us sharing destinies?"
I don’t know, it doesn’t cross my mind
It feels strange I used to all the time
But memories have been ignored and decomposed
I thought you and i were confined
To days you tried to find yourself
And told me that our love was on the highest shelf
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