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Deslactosado
06:35
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You don’t have to sit up straight
Cause I won’t even ask what’s wrong
I only have myself to blame
I know, to you it’s just a game
I won’t have nowhere to go
If I keep burning down my bed
And I keep eating off my plate
I know, it’s all about display
I know it’s all about display
I know it’s all about display
How could I ever earn your trust
If when you run I can’t keep up
I only have myself to play
These songs are nothing but a wreck
And when you have somewhere to go
I hope it’s somewhere you can rest
The days are golden and intense
My god hears no one but the best
My god hears no one but the best
My god hears no one but the best
Will you have love for me
When life don’t go my way
Will you have room for me
When I don’t get my pay
Will you have memory
When I want to forget
Will you have time for me
When I don’t want to play
No one will pay for my defense
I chose to fight myself instead
I only put your name to rest
Because I know, you’re the only one that helps
Will you have love for me
When life don’t go my way
Will you have room for me
When I don’t get my pay
Will you have memory
When I want to forget
Will you have time for me
When I don’t want to play
I know it’s all about display
I know it’s all about display
I know it’s all about display
I know it’s all about display
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Hope
05:28
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Everyone I know back home is fine
Everybody knows the truth so we don't lie
We play, we kid, we see ourselves get by
It’s not for me, It’s not for me, it’s not for me
I’m way more soft than I like to accept
You always knew but let me have my way
You’re way too strong to ever let me down
You’re way too strong to hide your need to cry it out
Even if I fall down to my knees
Even if I hold myself accountable
Even my stars won’t intercede
my tired heart is wide awake and wonderful
winners don’t do drugs
winners don’t get hugs
winters don’t lose hope
winners never lie
Everyone I know back home is fine
Everybody cries but we’re all shy
We tear ourselves to shreds when we’re alone
But now we’re here, so now we're strong, so now we're strong
Even if I fall down to my knees
Even if I hold myself accountable
Even my stars won’t intercede
our tired heart is wide awake and wonderful
our tired heart is wide awake and wonderful
our tired heart is wide awake and wonderful
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Spring
03:32
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And I don’t have the ways
To quiet down the night
And stretch the pavement to your place
If time could take a day
I couldn't let it go to waste
And still if we had ages
I cannot see the day
Where we would just run out of pages
And every moment knows
and asks me not to take it
And I don’t have the days
To settle down my verbs
and have the courage to rephrase
If I would write it down
I’d only make a mess
And still when we were aimless
We could not find a road
Where we would drift apart as strangers
Through every step I take
The days are light and never dangerous
And I don’t have the waves
To leap out through the air
And bring your voice to every place
If I could keep you here
If you could keep me safe
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4. |
Joy
03:54
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I’m not trying to cut a good path anymore
Every time I do I’m just consumed in changing course to see
How far
I can go
How far I can go
I’ve been known to try to find what’s best for me
Yet I’m a prodigy at shutting down the worried signs to stop
I know you love to follow rivers through the woods
If there’s an ocean waiting, I can’t give my word
But I have nowhere else to go
Where else to
Nowhere else to go
I have nowhere else to go
Where else to
Nowhere else to go
My only instincts roam
Along the way I saw the joy in every storm
Every change is small but mountains grow and I could feel
How small
We could go
How small we could go
I’ve been afraid to to lose myself in dead end flows
So I missed the banks were blooming through my course
I know you love to follow rivers through the woods
If there’s an ocean waiting, I can’t give my word
But I have nowhere else to go
Where else to
Nowhere else to go
I have nowhere else to go
Where else to
Nowhere else to go
My only choice is roam
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Ben Beltran Guadalajara, Mexico
I once fought a wizard and won; enthusiasm enthusiast; noise emitter; low standards; displaced border crosser; amateur witch doctor; power ranger; certified cat whisperer; 98% water.
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