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She's looking to herself in retrospection
Her fingers trace the image in her brain
She's staring back into her own reflection
On canvases of different colored pains

Yet darkness never seemed to take her over
Her smile laughed away all misery
But behind her eyes I read a thousand stories
Of love and loss as far as eyes could see

She was immaculate
But she couldn't tell
Was just a tiny voice
In a sea of yells

But I can scream a little more

I have awoke, I have awoke, I am awake
And I hope that you know you've been on my mind every day
Yeah and I only hope, I only hope, I just have to pray
That I can calm the storm that's in your heart
And find a way to push these clouds apart

I know the truth won't find appreciation
All my words mean nothing more than solemn air
I clung to hopes and jumped into the ocean
They didn't pull me up and I drowned in my despair

Nevertheless
I can't sleep without thinking of your face
All those moments with you resonate
But now I'm much less off and I feel stuck in place
All I wanted to do was reciprocate

But I have awoke, I have awoke, I am awake
And I know that you know you've been on my mind every day
Yeah I only hope, I only hope, but hope was in vain
Cause I can't calm the storm that's in your heart
Can't find a way to tear these clouds apart

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from Are We Helping? Are We Hurting?, released February 14, 2019

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You thought the world had enough bands of 20 something year olds writing songs about girls and existential crisis? THINK AGAIN!

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