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Jaws
03:46
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See what's to come
Sharpen your teeth
You're what is whispered of
You're what lies beneath
Sleepless nights.
Under the sea
In anticipation of
What else life could be
Can you feel it?
Tides are a-changing
Rise up to the surface
And prepare to feed
Become the villain
That you were always
Meant to be and
Embrace your darker side
Compel them to set you free, by
Eating all the enemies
That you can fit
In between your jaws
Submerge again.
Devour shoals
Don't jump through hoops
That's never been the goal
Don't entertain
Set your own terms
Don't have to kill, but
Your bite must be firm
Validate the myth
Expose its veins
Smell a drop of blood
From miles away
And hunt
Honestly rather be
Seen as nonthreatening
Instead of always re-
-duced to teeth gnashing
But that's the hand that you've been dealt
It doesn't matter what you've felt
You've been told not to bite back
But don't cut any more slack, just
Eat all the enemies
That you can fit
In between your
Jaws
Jaws
Jaws
(Jaws)
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Purgatory
03:26
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Show me a permanent state
Of the self, I will not wait
For help
I gotta be my own
And show me how to say
What it is I truly mean
To say
So I don't push you away
First mistake, first second chance
Always ask for one last chance
To prove
What you can and can't do
Where did I go
Where have I been
When were my ashes
Lost on the wind
Cos I've been here before
I've been here before
Never wanna go forth
But never stay behind
Left in the dark
But not this time
Gonna find the truth
I'm gonna find the truth
What does it mean to
Fight and fight until the bitter
End
When it never ends
And what does it mean to
Rise above in wings and flames
Again
When I've lost another friend
Next mistake, next second chance
How's it said in your parlance
Betrayed?
Cos I won't go your way?
Lost my sense of self
Along the way
Purgatory day by day
By day
Need another reason
To stay
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There was a storm brewing inside
As we tried to clear the air
Before a collision of clouded thoughts
Could strike us down.
Never in the same place twice, they say
But at once
We were reminded of what our roots look like.
Several seconds later came the thunderous realisation
That while together we could illuminate a room,
It was never meant to last.
Once the hourglass was flipped
And the cycle began anew
It was all I could do not to shatter its glass
And send every grain
Cascading.
Our time was up; you knew it, and I knew it too
But now I know too it'd never be worth the pain
To tread over the shards of the mess I would make
Just to feel snowflakes on my face again.
I may never see another white Christmas,
But I've never been one to resent the rain.
The mountains still call out to me
Coaxing me back home
Whispering all my names on the wind
My skin laid bare in the snow
Ready to receive each one
Ready to welcome them back into my being
Ready to melt into spring
And bloom once more.
But each of these names carry secrets
Not even an avalanche could conceal
How many times have you reinvented the wheel
Only for it to roll downhill?
There are only so many ways to descend a slippery slope.
But I have been in the presence of alchemists,
Unaware that they were teaching me everything they knew
How to turn blood into elbow grease
Sweat into cum
Tears into laughter
And fear... Into rebellion.
How to find love in the night
And life in the void
And peace in the fight
And kind in the scorn
And wind in the kite
And calm in the storm
And quiet in the white...
Noise.
How to produce a spark of my own
That can turn anything
Into gold.
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Revisiting
The neighbourhood you knew
The house is gone
Familiar faces few
Nothing's quite the same
And yet. you seem to remain
So does this place
That once felt like home
The sounds
And the smells
They comprise
Your personal hell
You miss them so
The ebb and the flow
Fauna and flora
The touch and the go
Left out in the rain
Two arms, four walls one and the same
Where is this place
Who feels like home?
Where's this place
Who feels like home?
Turn your back
On everything you know
To reset
To resume your growth
Forgive yourself
For all your disgrace
Earn yourself a place
That one day could feel
Like home
Like home
Like
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Flightless Fairy Wellington, New Zealand
I live in Te Whanganui-ā-tara / Wellington and make music somewhere between folk and pop about anxieties in Aotearoa both big and small.
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