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day 1
02:01
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red-winged blackbird by the lake
it is strange to be but today is ok
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2. |
day 2
02:01
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it’s ok for it to hurt to be alone
and it feels strange to not know the place you’re calling home now
but no matter where you go
when I see your eyes, you are the same
and i know that you’ll be in my heart to stay
you said you needed more time to be alone
I tried not to cry the first time I biked past your new home now
but no matter where you are
when I feel your heart it beats the same
and I know it has to be okay for things to change
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3. |
day 3
01:35
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reed moved into his blue room today
all my friends are movin far away it seems
or maybe just movin on
washington you feel so out o reach
chicago you get further by the day it seems
or maybe this town keeps gettin smaller
why do I bother
searching for reasons not to stay
am I runnin towards somethin
or just runnin away
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4. |
day 4
01:58
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sometimes you’re feeling better
sometimes you’re doin fine
sometimes you’re doin dishes
and then suddenly youre cryin
but Davis makes the effort
and Tim always makes the time
so sometimes you’re feelin better
for a moment, for the night
sometimes you’re feelin bitter
sometimes you’re feelin blind
sometimes you’re feelin distant
stay in bed, empty your mind
but then Allison cooks dinner,
Simon sends his written lines,
and they help you to remember
you are loved, you are alive
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5. |
day 5
01:19
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well shit I guess I’ll go to london
leavin must be good for somethin
not sure what I’m lookin for but I can’t find it here
your absence hurts the most when
I wanna tell you something
That everybody else would find so insignificant
but I know you’d understand
today at work there was a great dane
gave her water in the breezeway
you would’ve loved her name
but I can’t make you make the time for me
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6. |
day 6
01:20
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8. |
day 8
02:17
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I feel so tired
I’ve got no where else to go
your distance makes no difference
you have always been my ghost
halfway here
halfway gone
pass right through me
my darlin please do no harm
when you left, so unsure, didn’t bother to close the door
I don’t want to remember anymore
I don’t want to remember anymore
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9. |
day 9
01:21
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i am a ragdoll
you can’t hold the weight of my heart
but I’m yours to borrow
till the binding all falls, falls apart
turn all my pages, turn me on and then put me back down
and i will still think of you fondly i swear
i will still see you around
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10. |
day 10
01:49
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hundred headed woman opens up her August sleeve
i’ll swim in sleep with Simon under oaks in mossy dreams
o hundred hearted woman do you hear me when i cry
in the stillness of the chapel i will sing my lullaby
(inspired in part by a work of max ernst in the menil gallery)
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11. |
day 11
01:33
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12. |
day 12
01:38
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13. |
day 13
01:58
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I know that you are gone
I know that you are gone away
but you are all around me
and they always remind me
that you are all around me
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14. |
day 14
01:35
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15. |
day 15
01:46
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and we tightroped our way through the night
shared our sleepless sacred sighs
oh i
from the living room felt the sun rise
but the light came from new golden eyes
I remember now
I remember how
it feels
half slumber in another’s arms
another’s touch
another’s charms
it heals
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16. |
day 16
02:01
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strong one with a voice like fire
you aren’t wrong in your desires
each day
find a way
to fill the space
in the shape of a lover
if you wanted to I’d let you in
if you wanted it would all begin again
but I shouldn’t wait
I shouldn’t take the time
to wish all mine away
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17. |
day 17
01:37
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i won’t call you on the phone tonight
even though i can’t remember what your voice sounds like
sometimes it hurts more to remember
sometimes it feels worse to forget
stuck somewhere strange in the middle
nowhere else to go but back to bed
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18. |
day 18
01:15
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i think id probably write a few more songs
if my parents weren’t still alive
or maybe it wouldnt change a fuckin thing
just always feel like I’ve got something to hide
the curse of the eldest daughter
keep your head above that holy water
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19. |
day 19
01:26
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full moon skies of grey
hit and run but they just raced away
when I saw you today
felt so surprised to have nothing to say
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20. |
day 20
02:53
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when was the last time you cried
do you keep it all in all tucked down deep inside
when was the last time you cried
cause you don’t get to burn down the house you been livin in
and hold onto the key
i wanted it to hurt you to lose me
i wanted it to hurt you to leave
when was the last time you tried
to hold onto something already stolen by time
when was the last time you tried
cause you don’t get to burn down the house you been livin in
and hold onto the key
i wanted it to hurt you to lose me
i wanted it to hurt you to leave
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21. |
day 21
02:05
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holy loner plays through the evening
but won’t see me
I will bike on home through the pouring rain oh please
I’m begging you to miss me
a month ago, I was beggin you to kiss me
some things are bound to change
early mornings next to new faces, held by new arms
evenings in the same old places wondering oh where you are
I’m beggin you not to forget me
two months ago, beggin you to stay with me
some things they stay the same
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23. |
day 23
03:27
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25. |
day 25
02:05
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it is hard to be
and it is strange to be alone
is is strange to be
and it is hard to be alone
I’m learning
I’m grieving
I’m growin
im singin
“im my own home”
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26. |
day 26
03:00
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I think I’m gettin to like you
but I don’t know if I’m ready now
spend late nights tangled around you
in my ear, the steady sound of your heart
I know you know that mine is still mending
every day the breaking turns to bending
but sometimes I still think that I’ll wake up
right where I was two months ago
across the country, comin home
to a lover I hardly know now
I think I’m gettin to like you
but I don’t know if I’m ready now
spend late nights thinkin about you
wondering if I’m to be trusted with your heart
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27. |
day 27
01:26
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sometimes it all comes crumbling down
and I’m right back where i was before
missin how it used to be when there was more
time spent with friends that I’ve felt fade away n
missin all the nights downtown but now you live in different spaces
and i don’t wanna live like this
and no i didn’t ask for this
feel like I’m destined to miss
the summer that i learned your songs
the nights we stayed up all night long
with trivia with truth or dare
with love around me everywhere
but now my ivy plant is dying
and our distance is a myth
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28. |
day 28
02:45
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kumquat tree in ur backyard
forbidden fruit that hits me hard
it’s just like I thought it would be
tucked away so perfectly
on Curtis street
a month ago
you moved in as I played a show your house was warmed but mine so cold
all our friends were there as I drove home alone from New Orleans
I still haven’t been inside
a symbol of how different our lives
are from how i thought it’d be
a home separate from memories
with a kumquat tree in the backyard
forbidden fruit that hits me hard
it’s just like I thought it would be
but I’m not there
you’re not with me
on Curtis street
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hemlock
swamp-raised, ATX/chicago-based, phone-fi post-folk
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(heart archive)
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hemlocksounds@gmail.com
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xo,
carolina
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