Sleep

night time, gruelling
just time to waste
heights they kill me
leave scarring on my face

cos' i never, ever
ever fall into sleep ?
and i've never ever
ever felt so weak

cos' tears keep falling into my pool
bright lights driving right into me cold

my bones keep breaking
tearing me away from the quiet
the silence of my soul
of my soul from the quiet

i wanna fall down

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Nothing

my angel clipped wings i know
wonders in darkness on grimey ground
in a forest unclean unsound
everything, everything's gone wild
make land for the cows to graze
leaflets scatter around to advertise sell out

a swamp in it hands stretched out
to catch a passing dime
donations to the rich widened
pavements for the poor
somewhere else to lie
but my friend the carriage door
stands slightly ajar
and i know clipped wings make uneasy flight
but we've got to reach

Else

a place where the feast never ends
a moment when the music celebrates
and a time when darkness belongs
to night skies and nothing else
nothing else

tomorrow my spirit seen
fears today my mind
soul aches so deep
always craves my body to reach

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Again

you're tearing me apart
crushing me inside
you used to lift me up
now you get me down
if i was to walk away
from you, my love
could i laugh again ?
if i walk away from you
and leave my love
could i laugh again ?
again, again

you're killing me again
am i still in your head ?
you used to light me up
now you shut me down
if i was to walk away
from you my love
could i laugh again ?
if i walk away from you
and leave my love
could i laugh again ?

i'm losing you again
like eating me inside
i used to lift you up
now i get you down

Again

without your love
you're tearing me apart
with you close by
you're crushing me inside
without your love
you're tearing me apart
without your love
i'm dazed in madness
can't lose this sadness
i can't lose this sadness

you're tearing me apart
crushing me inside
without your love
(you used to lift me up)
you're crushing me inside
(now you get me down)
with you close by
i'm dazed in madness
can't lose this sadness
it's riping me apart
it's tearing me apart
i don't know why
it's riping me apart
it's tearing me apart
i don't know why
Without your love
it's tearing me apart

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How

how can i tell you
that i love you, i love you
but i can't think
of right words to say
i long to tell you
that i'm always thinking of you
i'm always thinking of you
but my words
just blow away
just blow away
it always ends
up to one thing, honey
and i can't think
of right words to say

Cat Stevens /// *

Can I

wherever i am girl
i'm always walking with you
i'm always walking with you
but i look and you're not there
who ever i'm with, i'm always
always talking to you
i'm always talking to you
and i'm sad that
you can't hear
sad that you can't hear
it always ends up
to one thing, honey
when i look and you're not there
i need to know you
need to feel my arms around you
feel my arms around you
like a sea around a shore

Cat Power /// *

Tell You

and each night and day
i pray, in hope
that i might find you
in hope that i might
find you, because
heart's can do no more
it always ends up
to one thing honey
still i kneel upon the floor
how can i tell you
that i love you, i love you
but i can't think
of right words to say
i long to tell you
that i'm always thinking of you
i'm always thinking of you
it always ends
up to one thing, honey
and i can't think
of right words to say

Liz Durrett /// *

SM5TS

One

one day in your life
just sitting around waiting in time
for my glory to arrive

one day in your life
i'm working it out
and i don't give a fuck

if it's wrong or right

and i know right now
never before I know
i know i know just how
and i know right now
glory will come as long
as i recognize its frown
and i know right now
to catch it when it comes

and ride it into the ground
and i know it sounds absurd
when you're kicked to the curb
but it's what you deserve to see
it's what you deserve to see

sometimes in your stride
you take it too far
you’re testing the edge
and you see the rise

Day

sometimes in your mind
you make it seem real
you can't loose hope
that you can't hide

starting a game
back and forth

up and down life slide
you grab and i twist
you pull with your fist
do you know you're right

and i know right now
never before i know
i know i know just how
and i know right now
glory will come as long
as i recognize its frown
and i know right now
to catch it when it comes

and ride it into the ground
and i know it sounds absurd
when you're kicked to the curb
but it's what you deserve to see
it's what you deserve to see

and i said hold on
hold on, hold on, hold on
hold on, hold on, hold on

Petra Jean Phillipson