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Pool
04:06
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Hey boy, taking off your clothes for somebody you just met
Next day on the subway train it's your face I forget
Walking is a good way to hide
blending in with the people outside
but it you want some more
walk into my wooden door
I'm tired of playing it cool
I wanna dive in your pool
Here in the moonlight, I'm starting to unwind
tell me that you like me, tell me that you're mine
Writing is a good way to know
the confines of your soul
but if you want to feel
come with me and I'll make it real
I'm tired of playing it cool
I wanna dive in your pool
Words fall from my mouth, but do they make any sense?
You're an angel reading my mind
I'm tired of playing it cool
I wanna dive in your pool
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Bombs
03:12
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I don't think you understand
Could you try to comprehend
Curves in the abyss
Come with me
A look in the eye
Here comes July
Now I'm in my room
Wasting time
I heard what you said
it made me upset
Now I'm stuck in my head again
I don't know where I went wrong
Was your love fireworks or bombs
He pretends not to care
his inside's a girl
when he opens his mouth
they all know
I heard what you said
it made me upset
Now I'm stuck in my head again
I don't know where I went wrong
Was your love fireworks or bombs
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Close Your Eyes
03:14
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Hey, are you calling out?
Get next to me
Step to the beat of the sound
that rules your heart
here's a thing you can't ignore
when you get down on the floor
Close your eyes
stop trying to disguise
the light that you really are
and let it go
Fall into the flow that's always there
Do you still care?
Now I see who you are
You're a star
It's who you're meant to be
Now I see
You've been pretending
To be something that you're not
come and show me what you got
Close your eyes
stop trying to disguise
the light that you really are
and let it go
fall into the flow that's always there
and don't you care
Don't be ashamed
of the way it feels
They don't know
Just let 'em go
if you want to heal
Dance with me
Fall inside of me
And close your eyes
stop trying to disguise
the light that you are
ahhh
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Cyborg Boy
02:49
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Your antenna sending up the signal, you're all I want tonight
Hey there falling in the spotlight
you got me in a red light
get me in your car, that's who you are
a prince in a jacket and then you can pack it
all of my baggage...
I wanna roll with you, tonight
I wanna go with you on a lonely night
Your eyes sending beams of light straight into my heart
I know that you don't know me
but why don't you show me all of your worries
I'd hold them close
radio plays a future song
cross the line and then we're gone
I wanna roll with you, tonight
I wanna go with you on a lonely night
Cyborg boy, we're still so young so full of possible futures
I'd trade them in, I'd let you in, undo the sin, and let's begin
I wanna roll with you, tonight
I wanna go with you on a lonely night
Lonely night...
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Sweet Paranoia
02:35
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Sweet paranoia, take me back
to where I cannot move
I'm falling further from the track
corner of the room
Sweet paranoia, I welcomed you
to wash away the pain
I don't need anything at all
I don't need anything at all
I don't know where I went wrong
and why I'm in this devil's grip
Every morning starts out strong
Cracking of a whip
But by noon, I've given up the fight
No more guidance from the light
I don't need anything at all
I don't need anything at all
When I got you, there's nothing I wanna do
You've got my heart on the ground
Every time you turn off the light
I feel like I might die
I don't need anything at all
I don't need anything at all
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Come to Me
02:40
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Sometimes, I don't know
I just sit by the park
and think about the birds
and what they really know
Come to me
talk with me my child
You can be
anything you want
hold my hand now, it's the last time
we will be as one
Daytime taught me to be kind
the shadows taught me time
my mother taught me how to die
my father taught me to survive
Come to me
talk with me my child
You can be
anything you want
hold my hand now, it's the last time
we will be as one
We are all so different
it grows from us like bark
watch the pattern show now
The truth was there all along
my voice is allowed
watch it open the door now
Come to me
talk with me my child
You can be
anything you want
hold my hand now, it's the last time
we will be as one
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7. |
My Fantasy
04:19
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Every morning I think of you
Telling me what I can and cannot do
I feel a fire burning bright
and I won't hide I won't deny
I know you don't feel the same
Don't think like me and that's okay
the world is changing anyway
and you will see
That maybe it's you, who didn't want to look
can't comprehend what is in my book
Take a step towards me
and I will show you my fantasy
You don't know me
Seek and you will find
a happier state of mind
I'm not that far behind
All the hurt that's in your past
can be conquered and it won't come back
see what I'm telling you
I can make it all come true
Maybe it's you, who didn't want to look
can't comprehend what is in my book
Take a step towards me
and I will show you my fantasy
You don't know me
Seek and you will find
a happier state of mind
I'm not that far behind
Tell me the truth,
tell me the truth
All the words that you say
through your mouth and from your brain
all the things you can't take back
all the signals and attacks
are written out ahead of time
aren't yours are still mine
laid out in the plan
taken from my hand
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orangehorizon
03:03
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Mumbling to myself in a hotel room
I wanna come to you, place a hand on your shoulder
So I feel brand new in your social gaze
Overworked and so much haze
They tried to tell me who to be, tried to invert the way I feel
Although I’m trying I can’t see
Hum along the orange horizon
Orange horizon
Wanna feel you under the sun
Bedroom hands clasped in silent prayer
Even though I don’t know God
I hear a sound coming through the distance
Meet me through the hallway mirror
They tried to tell me who to be, tried to invert the way I feel
Although I’m trying I can’t see
Hum along the orange horizon
Orange horizon
Wanna feel you under the sun
Although I tried to change myself, I still feel insecure
And all the letters I wrote myself, could it possibly be the cure
Orange horizon
Wanna feel you under the sun
Orange horizon
Wanna feel you under the sun
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Rabbit House
03:40
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Bury it, stop telling lies
all the colors in your eyes
why don't you just let em be
become all your secrecies
The problem is in the self
so much more than what's in store
you try to bend it mold it
but what if it doesn't sell
We could be, at the house,
but are we missing out?
Show me what it's like
corridors inside
Rabbits in the room
Tonight
Taking photos at all the spots
doing it by route, it's all you got
enjoy it while you can
the arms of a foreign man
We could be, at the house,
but are we missing out?
Show me what it's like
corridors inside
Rabbits in the room
Tonight
Cold night hits the window like an interruption I'm longing to hear
all the notes are falling in the sky they're magnifying
I feel a loss of control and my soul is my very best friend
I don't want to disappoint you
Show me what it's like
corridors inside
Rabbits in the room
Tonight
Show me what it's like
corridors inside
Rabbits in the room
Tonight
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10. |
Lightin' Up For My Baby
03:24
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Winter has been so cold
Without a man to hold
I'm singing on my own
Fire in your eye
much to my surprise
I'm gonna climb inside
Lets be reckless
forget everything up till now
I'm standing in the garden
and the time is now
Do you see me do you see do you see me now?
Lightin' up for my baby
Could you hold me could you hold me could you hold me now?
Burning like a candle like a candle
in the dark
Let me dance for you
and then surrender to
the cool dark shadow
You're so dark and blue
and good humored too
but never my own
Lets be reckless
forget everything up till now
I'm burning in the fire
and the time is now
Do you see me do you see do you see me now?
Lightin' up for my baby
Could you hold me could you hold me could you hold me now?
Burning like a candle like a candle
in the dark
Lightin' up your name
Burning in the flame
Here it comes like rain
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Braulio Cruz New York, New York
Sensitive, driving synth-pop with 80s influences by Brazilian musician living in Queens.
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