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Building Up A Melody EP

by Jacky

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1.
I Disappointed Myself 03:11
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I thought I was a poet I thought I was a pop star I thought I'd be an astronaut walking on the moon I could have been a politician Could have been a race car driver racing in the human grand prix I thought I was a genius Somehow I still think I'm a genius I'm a symptom of my age Everyone's unique even I But I disappointed myself left my chances on the shelf made the same mistakes again felt the old familiar stain felt in vain It's been a long story now you'd think I'd grow up somehow you'd think I'd figured out this world by now There's so much I could have done and so little really done So much time spent dreaming And such small dreams come true So many that I've loved And so few of them who know There's so much I was given Not enough that I gave back I disappointed myself left my chances on the shelf made the same mistakes again felt the old familiar stain of love in vain There's no God I can abandon no state oppressing me I've been choking on my freedom I've been pining for the sea I lost my way in culture and I put the blame on me I was conspiring in the cafés I was starting to believe But I disappointed myself left my chances on the shelf made the same mistakes again felt the old familiar stain felt in vain I stand here in the future But I'm not who I meant to be I guess my expectations were just out of my league I've got to rise with the day I've got to wipe clean the slate and start to live my own way every day It's time to give up the fighting to forgive and move on When your dreams are on your side no more I disappointed myself left my hopes on the shelf fucked it up for the 100th time lost my story, lost my rhyme fell into decline It's been a long story now I've got to move on somehow get in touch, get in shape, get in line...
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From The Windowsill 03:13
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Aside, alive, adrift once more in the pool of inbetween nights Speaking empty words of stillness my furniture won't reply Take the reins make the change back to people and work and light Leave this place this tranquil space get back into the fight From the windowsill on the brink trying hard to think On the windowsill sitting still trying not to sink All my words are circular thoughts All my thoughts profane timelessness is just a dream but I need it to stay sane Take a train free your brain You're a diver, find the pearl Make your way You'll have to someday Into a great new world From the windowsill, starlight-eyed free and out of sight On the windowsill I wish I smoked inhale, exhale
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Building Up A Melody 03:33
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I'm building up a melody Stacking rocks on rocks Collecting daylight savings for when winter comes I'm picking up a thread from the cursed and the dead whispering to my angel making phonecalls, setting dates I'm building up a melody when I walk go to sleep in a valley of thought I'm building up a melody when I dream drawing maps on drawing boards I'm sending out a signal to my siblings far and wide setting up antennae for invisible friends I'm turning ancient books into choruses and hooks sizing up the weather blowing in the wind I'm building up a melody when I win go to sleep in a valley of sin I'm building up a melody when I'm bored etching signs on cutting boards I'm borrowing a beat from the people on the street absorbing moonlight and conveying it to music There isn't much I know I don't have much to show But I won't stop till I'm on the radio I'm setting up defences against the tabloid noise listening for the sound of the rain drowning out the news brewing up a storm lighting up the empty streets at dawn I'm building up a melody when I sing go to sleep in the middle of everything I'm building up a melody when I dream looking in, examining I'm analyzing patterns from Johann Sebastian Bach scribbling notes on the backside of the scores building up a melody when I work welding words and digging dirt I'm building up a melody when I walk go to sleep in a valley of thought I'm building up a melody when I dream drawing maps on drawing boards I had to get lost at any cost had to grind my melody to dust Now I can start to play my favourite part the one where life is replaced by art
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Afterglow 01:01
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What passed still lingers on A story with no end Above me the endless sky gets smaller every year Fragile litter of memories lingers like your name My brain is changing now and it won't change back again I tried to hold on to the setting sun I still have a key to your vault Now the night has fallen down I'll wrap it around my heart

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released November 2, 2013

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