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Patience
05:00
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Time moves like a glacier through my mind
glides by like songs I’ll never find
Darling, do you wanna hear
such a pretty little thing
that I pulled out of thin air
that I wrote down in your blood
Patience, I’m coming
Time moves like a glacier through my mind
glides by like songs I’ll never find
Darling, do you wanna see
this performance piece of work
that you sometimes sleep next to
that I loosely based on you
Patience, I’m coming
I once met a guy, about my size
And he said, I can’t believe no one knows who you are
And I thought: oh well, the stars are at it again. It’s a quiet night somewhere
Thanks for autographing my kid, she said.
I had it tattooed. You helped me through some dark times
A woman on the verge of tears after midnight in a parking lot in Denver told me in confidence:
You should be on The Voice! Adam would love you.
And I thought: shrug emoji, shrug emoji…wind blows through a field of green…purple heart
We can only take so much
But some have to take so much more
Patience, I’m coming
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If I convert to you, will you revert to me?
Our love could forge a self-sustained reality
We’ll tell our own damn time, gaslight each other’s minds
Sweet confirmation bias time for you and I
This is the most outrageous gift that I could give to you
Surrendering to a lover’s lies, insisting that they’re true
Oh, is this the way our parents used to live?
Let’s do the opposite of everything they did
It isn’t so hard to do
I love you because it’s true
If I reduce myself, and you isolate yourself
Our love could thrive against a common enemy
And this is the most outrageous thing I wish I didn’t do
Surrendering to a higher truth that simply wasn’t true
Oh, is this the way I sometimes used to live?
Let’s do the opposite of everything I did
It’s so very hard to do
I love you because it’s true
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You’re not at all who I thought I was before
So who’s the man standing on your bedroom floor?
Calmly putting on his shoes
Softly shutting tight the door
Crossing an ocean to be by the sea
Leaving you behind cause he’s leaving with me
You are not who I thought
You are not who I thought I was when I met you
So who am I to you now?
Who am I now that I cannot forget you?
You are not who I thought I was
This guy’s disguise, dressing to repress his core
Whose are the feet tiptoeing across the floor?
He’s taking off his shirt and pants,
and sliding underneath the sheets
Laying down the law of what dreams can be dreamed
I’m sound asleep while you’re sleeping with him
You are not who I thought
You are not who I thought I was when I met you
So who am I to you now?
Who am I now that I cannot forget you?
You are not who I thought I was
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Love is upon us
Two bodies fit
Our minds align but in the end we must admit
There is no certain thing except that we will die alone
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Are We Alone Now
04:47
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Are we alone now?
We always were
You are the person I have met I most prefer
But we’re not match for the small fact that we are both alone
Are we alone now?
We’ve always been
Even if fear allows the terrorists to win
Lovers and killers do it, even soulmates die alone
Are we alone now?
We’ll always be
Even if we decide to make a baby
It takes a village to be ultimately all alone
Are we alone now?
Someday we’ll see that everything withers away, eventually
It’s such a blessing to be brought into this world alone
To love someone
And die alone
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That's All There Is
03:02
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That’s all there is
A stream of captures
That look you wore
The sunset backwards
Your lips on mine
Our faces backlit
That foreign sign
How we misread it
Heading out to see my love
It has been too long for us
Heading out to see you off
It has not been long enough
Catching up with you again
Catching up is everything
Every moment nears an end
Let’s not wait so long again
That’s all there is
Some days we had it
That thing you said
The way you said it
Your secret smile will always kill me
That’s all there is
Our finest heartbeats.
That’s all there is
That’s all there is
A stream of captures
Somewhere inside
A stream of captures
That’s everything
A stream of captures
That’s all there is
Our finest heartbeats
That’s all there is
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Put The Camera Down
04:44
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Put the camera down
You don’t need to justify every single turn
You don’t need apologize after every word
Give them grief or give them grace
Give them nothing, take the praise
It’ll come together by and by
Put the camera down
You don’t have to be unarmed but put away that knife
There’s no sound in our alarm, just a silent light
And you tell me how I failed
And I’ll tell you once again
It’ll come together by and by
Always chasing the same lead, the same old cobbled streets
Always barely head above the water
Always balancing the short end of the final straw
Always just an inch above the gutter
So is this it?
At you fingertips is a world in a cage
Tell me something, say something you couldn’t tell me
But you tend to recommend truth
And without breaking no sweat, no plates
The disguises
The disguise has
The disguise has eyes
Put the camera down
You don’t need to second-guess every fickle itch
You don’t need to disavow every bygone stitch
Give them grief or give them grace
Give them nothing, take the praise
It’ll come together by and by
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Why Would I Let You Go
06:03
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Here we are, laughing at the sea
Baby, you and me
Kissing like lovers long deprived of human touch
Whispering with two tongues
Afraid of saying too much
Why would I let you go?
Here we are, burning down the sun
Prisoners on the run
Drowning our sorrows in another desperate embrace
Pushing back anything that might get in our way
Why would I let you go?
And in my dreams I have the strength
To not keep love at an arm’s length
And in my dreams I see myself the way you do
And in my dreams I understand
The value of the love at hand
And in my dreams I love you like I used to
Here we are, stranded on a cloud
The ocean’s getting loud
Aching for something to prolong this credulous view
Asking the sunset for more crimson, violet and blue
Why would I let you go?
And in my dreams I have the strength
To not keep love at an arm’s length
And in my dreams I see myself the way you do
And in my dreams I understand
The value of the love at hand
And in my dreams I love you like I used to
Why would I let your love run out on me
Here we are, lit up by the moon
Babe, I spoke too soon
Taking for granted all the love I cared to devour
Spurning a heart so pure cause I can’t muster the power
How could I let you go?
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Darling of mine
I’ve no desire to do you wrong
The story’s short, the excuse is long
Darling, oh darling
I wasn’t looking for someone else
Just some other part of myself
Oh darling, when I see the pain I cause in plain view
Oh darling, I can’t see myself without you
Darling of mine
I slipped into the faceless pack
like I just shot someone in the back
Darling, oh darling
If temptation creates the thief
The pleasure cannot match the grief
No darling, when I see life from afar in clear view
Oh darling, I can’t see myself without you
Darling, I can’t see myself without you
Darling of mine
The ego wants everything and more
in pursuit of an even score
Darling, oh darling
I wasn’t looking for someone else
Just another part of myself
And another, and another, and another
Oh darling, when you whisper in my ear I come to
Oh darling, I can’t see myself without you
Darling, I can’t see myself without you
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Don't Waste Your Time
04:35
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Don’t waste your time on love
You should be having your fun
Don’t waste your time holding on
You don’t belong to anyone
Nothing can make you stay
Nothing can make you go
Don’t waste your time on love
You should be crushing frail hearts
Don’t waste your time on romance
Don’t squander your second chance
Don’t waste your time on love
Don’t waste your time on love
You should be horsing around
Don’t waste your time on the one
Now you belong to everyone
Nothing can make you stay
Nothing can make you go
Don’t waste your time on love
You should embrace lack thereof
Don’t waste your time being true
Don’t let your love get the best of you
Don’t waste your time on love
Don’t waste your time on love
You should be using someone
Are you having your fun?
Are you having your fun, fun fun
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Why did I write the book of love before I knew your name?
Why did I memorize the rules but never play the game?
The news are full of lobbyists and demagogues and populists
And you can be as tough to read but infinitely more rewarding
Why did I write the book of love before I knew your name
Why did I waste such precious time fear-mongering in vain
The universe is full of misplaced privilege and misogyny
But you are both the privilege and the challenge I deserve, I hope
So why are we not enough to save the world, to save ourselves?
And why are we not enough for me?
I’ll never get to heaven, never get to hell
I’ll never get it right if I can’t get out of my own way
Why did I write the book of love before I knew your name?
Why did I go to all that trouble to fan a dying flame?
The truth is compromised by a creeping normality of lies
But you have the distracting touch that gets me to the church on time
So why are we not enough to save the world, to save ourselves?
And why are we not enough for me?
I’ll never get to heaven, never get to hell
I’ll never get it right if I can’t get out of my own way
The truth is hard to reckon with, you fuck with it, it fucks you silly
Why did I write the book of love before I knew your name?
Why did we never meet-cute on the power-walk of shame?
The world is full of tragedies and efforts to desensitize us
Never let me off the hook, just hold me so accountable
Oh why are we not enough to save the world, to save ourselves?
And why are we not enough for me?
I’ll never get to heaven, never get to hell
We’ll never get it right if we can’t get out of our own
Never get to roll our eyes again
Never never get it right if we can’t get out of our own
Never get to patronize and polarize
We’ll never get it right if we can’t get out of our own ass
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Over the Milky Way
Two skaters on the galactic plane
Looking for a little light
To help navigate the flight
I don’t know what I’d do without you
It’s easy to see
But my love is hard to explain
Like unresolved stars
Two galaxies apart
Arms reaching to embrace in the dark
Bracing for a sleepless night
The blackest hole in a band of light
I don’t know what I’ll do without you
You’re easy to love
But my love is hard to explain
Like unresolved stars
Love burns us from afar
We’ve always been adrift
Hitchhikers hoping to catch a lift
Heading where we’re not allowed
Dust to dust, earth to cloud
I don’t know what I’d do without you
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Sondre Lerche Los Angeles, California
Chord progression artist, performance person, lyricist and songwriter
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