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It’s not what I said it was a year ago
And it’s not that I thought I had somewhere better to be
I just felt so fucked up, so untidy
And the summer erupts
Burning bridges beyond repair

And I am going through it all
Through it all at once
I am going through it all
Through it all at once
 
I used to think I was
More universal 
I used to think I was 
More universal

This is
This is the cage
I was so afraid of
I am so afraid of
Getting used to this

It’s not what I said it was
When I said I was being honest for once
But it’s better here
‘Cause everything we touch sings like chimes
And we don’t have to feel any empathy
Because everyone’s fine

And I am going through it all
Through it all at once
I am going through it all
Through it all at once

I used to think I was
More universal 
I used to think I was 
More universal

This is
This is the cage
I was so afraid of
I am so afraid of
Coming down from this

I waited to be found
In another body, another head
From the cage I haunted
To a cadence bent on pulling me…

It’s not what I said it was when
I wanted nothing more than to shed it
And I’m not the same as I was
When summer was softer
When you cared
When I didn’t care
Now I’ll put in the effort
To build my bridges from the dirt

And I am planted in the dust
Deep in the fallow
I am planted in the dust
Pleading with my shadow to fade

This is the cage I was so afraid of?

I am
I am the cage I was so afraid of

This is
This is the thing I thought couldn’t be overcome?

Well okay
That’s not right at all

Well okay
There is no cage

Well okay
There is no Aviary

Well okay
There is no cage

When we heard our brevity
A song in the sunrise
The promise of Venus
A shell for a soft spine
We no longer needed
A chameleon soul
This is the way
We let our whims and offerings go

(Well okay, I’m sure I’ll find it)
Well okay, I’m sure I’ll go)

From coast to coast
What’s done is done
When we’ve flown through different doors
To be loved when we’re low
It’s the same as we were
When we wanted to shed it
When we wanted nothing more
Than a sureness of spirit
We’re in good company

I’m alright
I’ll stay a half-torn seed

I’m okay
I’m in good company

I’m alright
Fists full of changing leaves

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from Only Thing I Want to Keep, released December 27, 2021
Drum Tracking - Ian Silver
Drums - Vinicius Barbosa Pippa
Songwriters - Matthew Alain Boerner, Peter Howell

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