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Trapped Tiger
03:58
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Close your eyes
Drift away from here
We don’t need to be anything other than being
I know you like to call me out and say I’m naughty
Know you only like me when I’m acting dirty
Why won’t you take me
Take me away with you
That’s all we can do
When there’s nothing left here for you
I know you wana say it first
I know you wana break first
I will never leave you standing by
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Hawking
03:52
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All the energy created and drifting out into space
You put it all in a place… didn’t you?
Many women, men before you could not recreate
Expectations laid before
A brief moment in time
Shared it with you
Over so soon
I remember when life existed not in this space
Didn’t fit in a place
Nor did I
And though not much has changed
We still debate between
Lines that may never be solid
I’ll keep looking up and thinking
Reach for you
I feel like I knew you
Each breath you took
It was mine too
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Lost In Your Mind
04:28
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It’s like moving real slowly
It’s like not moving at all
It’s like stepping out of sync
With the melody
Time to rethink
Maybe it’s the realness that I need
It’s you and me
Baby you’re the realest I have seen
You’re all I need
Even with time
We intertwine
It’s been years
I’m still lost in your mind
This life gives you but a few
This life doesn’t happen to you
This life, better with a two
It’ll be me through you
Each time you move in and you hold me real closely
Every time you’re looking right at my soul
It’s like the first time I saw you
It’s like the last time I breathe
I can’t see nothing before you
I panic every time you leave
But your kisses only make me stronger
They never, ever make me weak
You know that I’d survive without you
But that’s not the life for me
I love how we’re great from afar
But together it’s so complete
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Reclaim
03:23
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Never would’ve said it
If I thought a thing would change
Between you and me
But I thought we could reclaim it
Everything we said we’d be in the beginning
There you go flipping on everything I say
Holding on tight to the power in your head
It was all in your head
What will it take to see you can’t breathe through me?
I can’t be your only thing
If everyone’s relying on me
Where do I find the strength to believe
If I was honest with what I mean
Would you believe?
Would you still leave?
Wish that you could see through me
Everywhere we’re stepping
Feels like all the eyes are turned onto me
But I don't wana be so depressive
And no one wants to feel the fear
I don’t wana feel like I’m giving all of me for nothing
Still I’ve got to keep on going
How about if I said it
I’m not coming back
Wonder how you’d feel about that
Wonder if you’d just forget it
Oh no, look at what we’ve done
We’re living every day for a dying dream
Every breath we wasted here
Could’ve been our everything
I can’t live it
You can’t see it
Too far gone to reclaim
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Heavenly
04:53
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I’m not sorry for what I’ve become
It’s not like I owe anyone
In my mind, when I’m sleeping
It’s the only time I rest
In my head, I have demons
But they help me keep my head
I think you ought to breathe in
Rethink
I feel it in my aches
Unravelling
Don’t save me
I’m feeling Heavenly
I don’t need saving
I’m Heavenly
I believe in everything
But you don’t so you won’t feel Heavenly
I’ll believe in it for you
Hoping that you’ll feel it too
Heavenly
Every time you see yourself
Are you thinking about the way you are
About the things that are good for your health?
We know everything must leave
But why don’t we ever see you
Why do you stay away?
Every time you say you’re feeling great
You don’t have to put your hurt away
Use it to say…
Before you run away
Think of all the words you say
You won’t answer to my needs
And I would rather be
Lost over here
Thinking about the time when it wasn’t me
You won’t bring me to my knees
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Oktae England, UK
Oktae 옥태 is a story obsessed observer of all things natural and person-made. All things bass and beautiful. Grown in the subconscious of a delicately strong mind, songs by Oktae encourage you to think, feel, forgive and accept. <3
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