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from i don't understand by slowsmog

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timeless, I’m waiting, it’s long overdue
in an overgrown landscape with nothing to do
blinded by fear but you have to push through
says my girlfriend who loves me, god knows I love you

through rose tinted glasses I think this is real
I never will falter my end of the deal
naive as a child, I will never forgive
I only now know what it feels like to live

spent my life running but not on the team
anxiety driven since I was fifteen
parties sedate me & crowds get the best of me
would you still hate me if you knew my chemistry

don’t blame your parents, I don’t think they knew
all of your friends have their own problems too
don’t idolise artists who make you feel sad
don’t normalise people who make you feel bad

I promise I’m fine please don’t worry at all
I’m too tall to drown & I know how to fall
find comfort in music & don’t leave your bed
appreciate silence & rain overhead

to be self-reflective is not self-destructive
to stress about stress will not keep me productive
sharing my feelings will not make me better
writing & singing will not change the weather

I know it’s not healthy to live life in fear
but you never told me you wouldn’t be here
learn to be lonely but never romanticise
verbalise, compromise, always apologise

let go of heartbreak & learn to forgive
anaemic & screaming is no way to live
I write you in pencil but feel you in ink
nothing can alter the way that you think - & I’m

my brothers don’t know me but it’s not their fault
through paper thin walls we will all live in salt
my sister I miss her but she’s not to blame
I’ll love her forever through photos in frames

my home is a duplex I had to endure
a metaphor lost on the tenants I’m sure
been running so long I forgot how to walk
fill me with guilt but I don’t want to talk

been skating for years, but still I can’t ollie
been trying for years, but still melancholy
been running from fears, but still they control me
been wanting you here, when I feel lonely

if you’re so clever why are you alone
nostalgia is there but the feeling is gone
if you move mountains then where do they go
we’re travelling through smog & we’re moving so slow

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from i don't understand, released June 17, 2017

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slowsmog Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne based lo-fi bedroom musician in the sense that everything sounds awful and I record it in my bedroom.

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