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We were young
Curious and wary
We were foolish
How wise we thought we were
I was new to the world and
to the comfort of kindness
Granted by another
By anyone
That serenade I sang
On the bus ride home
That first sensation
As I caught your eyes
Cast in my direction
Like the pull of gravity
A movement of minds inexorable
Like a wave of clarity
A crashing of oceans metaphysical
My heart's compulsion inescapable
How to express these juvenile emotions
I didn't know
I was never taught
I think I
I know I
I don't know
I can't say
I've only ever seen this on a page or screen
How to make a move when I've only ever
Judged the silly people in tv comedies
Hurtling like a cannonball into a swimming pool
Isn't exactly how they said it'd be
Like the pull of gravity
A movement of minds inexorable
Like a wave of clarity
A crashing of oceans metaphysical
My heart's compulsion inescapable
We were young
It was confusing and a little scary
We were foolish
It wasn't doomed but looking back
I don't know we would've lasted
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Through Discovery
04:01
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Your smile's so warm
Your mind's enthralling
You and I revolving round this
Fire
I can't stop looking over
My shoulder, I'm sure you can see
This smoulder, or at least that's the face I'm pulling I thought
Oh well
I guess I'll just try again tomorrow with someone else
This date i asked you on is
No fake, though I'm straining too hard to
Relate, can't imagine why you'd think
I'm a desperate case
I've run this through my mind
a hundred, no, a thousand times,
Under cover and in the shower alone, as the fallin water
Reminds me, I'm in way over my head
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Can't stop the shivering coursing through me
Thoughts racing through my mind
(Whispers screaming, collapsing light)
Cried myself to sleep again
Shuddering, turned to the side
Hiding from myself, I know I'm blind
Escape, desperate, but never justified
I've breathed your toxin willingly
I've sheltered your insecurities
You've torn me open with your words
You've crushed my sanity with your unwavering will,
your infallible shield of jealousy
Stumbling into the night
I'm paralysed by fear
not by the thieves or the absence of light
But for the paradox of leaving and returning my mind
A calm sweeping through the unravelling thread
A window into the garden before the storm
A knowledge of the past, a peace I know I've known
I know what must be done, and I know it's gonna hurt
I know what must be done, but I'm no longer 'fraid of her
I've breathed your toxin willingly
I've sheltered your insecurities
You've worn me down and broken every bone
But the one thing you've forgotten is that I was born alone
and that more than a life with you I'd rather die alone
But the one thing you've forgotten is that I was born alone
and that more than a life with you I'd rather die alone
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Through Time
02:22
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Conjure up a symbol of your connection
Place it on the shelf with the rest of your nostalgia
Remember to pick it up once in a while
Time may heal all wounds
Cos Time will teach you how to lose
The mind can forget how to walk in another's shoes
but the heart can forgive if you let it
The heart can forgive when you choose
Free up the heart with the lasting bonds of friendship
Another philosophy of affection
Gone are the scars of those early days of hardship
Replaced by the marital affliction
Time may heal all wounds
Cos Time will teach you how to lose
The mind can forget how to walk in another's shoes
but the heart can forgive if you let it
The heart can forgive when you choose
A faraway sparkle in the eyes of your beloved
The cosmic struggle of holding back
From the urge to kiss you, from the urge to
pour it all out just to do it all again
I'd be glad to do it
I'd be glad to do it
I'd be glad to do it all again
But I won't, cos it's too much, too soon
And I'd rather save it all till you're here too
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Through Love
03:23
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The engine keeps on turnin
The rain tumbles through the air
From sky to soil
The tracks fly by us
Like years they pass like seconds
Built from oak and stone
The distant crack of thunder
Awakens the child within
Through innocence and ecstasy,
a heart was revealed to me
Through discovery of the unknown,
I found who I was meant to be
Through suffering and fear, pain and insecurity
Through time, through time, I learnt of patience
But through love, I found you
The wonder of nature
time and time again
Intoxicated,
dancing around that fire.
We sheltered one another,
conjured up the strings that hold us up.
Lost myself in the distant sparkle in your eyes
Through innocence and ecstasy,
a heart was revealed to me
Through discovery of the unknown,
I found who I was meant to be
Through suffering and fear, pain and insecurity
Through time, through time, I learnt of patience
But through love, I found you
Through innocence and ecstasy,
a heart was revealed to me
Through discovery of the unknown,
I found who I was meant to be
Through suffering and fear, pain and insecurity
Through time, through time, I learnt of patience
But through love, I found you
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Van Leucia Sydney, Australia
Van Leucia is a multi-instrumentalist, recording producer, mixing and mastering engineer and studio owner based in Sydney, Australia. Van is also a graduate accompanist from Sydney Conservatorium of Music, national educator and regular touring performer. ... more
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