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Oak

by Oak

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1.
We dreamed of safe havens As lack of closure ate us from inside But our eyelids failed us And nothing ever changed Alone I re-enact these stories And only wish to sleep I remember us from a distance Still longing for something Come smile Come be calm Come unsettle Come and be gone
2.
I used to have nightmares Now they are gone No dream is worse Than waking up I used to dream of unison Of not walking alone Right behind you Now I watch you go Today it hurts to see everything around me broken Yesterday it hurt so much that I broke everything my hands could reach I avoid myself As no company hurts worse
3.
I tried to erase it Sought to let it go Tried to deny myself But my heart would not negotiate And my mind is constant warfare You tried to live just like before As everyone else But my mind would not only infect itself We breathe as to mark our existence As to put up pictures so adequate We waltz down the road As lanterns on lone journeys, screaming In the end What we are seems to have little effect on ourselves But mean a lot to others Change rushing faces Into mirrors Reflecting sacrifice and grace Let your breeze in To become a storm Open wide my doors Be gone, dust Be grace, like the cross
4.
You had been living your entire life on your feet Never able to feel safe Never given a chance to settle down Always running for safe harbours Just to be held in prisons Never knowing for how long you would be kept Never knowing when you would be forced to leave But somehow the days found their way And you were told "I've created a way If you want to you could come with me" So you ran Through the fence and over the field Through night, through day Then decided to hide For a second time When I think of that summer day Of how you were taken away My tears are tears of grief and awe We should have brought ourselves to be your mainstay But instead you were ours You kept strong through the day But in your mind echoed one desperate thought: Drag my roots out of the mud And plant them in steady grounds
5.
Rush, be brave Strike heart again Ash, inhale, exhale Speak loud Unlike yours My footsteps are not to follow Unlike me You fortify the weak Carry on the wave
6.
I crossed a stream That some years ago seemed like a river On the other side I saw a child Too busy talking with a tree To notice my passing by I walked through forests of childhood Of light-hearted youth Saw a man carving figures out of pieces of wood Seemed satisfied Shining yet distanced I was about to ask him his story To understand As life fell into grey scale A grey shell Haze followed the rains Wiped out all tracks Unable to trace my steps back or to make a way out The old man disappeared And I am left fumbling for change
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(Instrumental)
8.
We have walked for so long Putting issues and oceans behind us Noticed each other After what seemed like a lifetime Everything changed You taught me my story We had much to share As we grew into one We fought everything The world, each other, ourselves But we never questioned We never lied I walk alone now Perspectives reversed I chased you when you left me Now you chase me So what’s the point of walking side by side If mountains won’t be crossed You have gone missing But you are not lost You are right behind me I hope I can force my feet to stop
9.
We were broken You more than I So I gave you what I had left You gave me all that you had saved All I needed We were sewn together Never made any sense You held my hands As I held your heart Change You wanted to be free So you ran away Leaving holes leaving us But when you left it was not our seams That were broken Only me Now you want to fix this And so do I But I’ve learned my lesson I’ll give and give But never take back No never take back Or ever sew I dare not risk another promise Another lie Can’t take the pain
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(Instrumental)

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released July 7, 2014

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Miss The Stars Records is a small berlin based label and blog for screamo, emotive hardcore and violence.

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