Sinking Sand

from Horse Stories + Personal Fables by The Ellie Badge

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lyrics

Hardwood floors
Through sunset doors
The lowlight creeping in...
My only friend

Pour the sand
Hand to hand
It's cold again...
My only friend

Into place
Number face
Shake the ground
Tumble down

Can't fit in these old clothes
These and those
They don't remember me
I don't remember me

But every time I hear your name
I burn up in that old flame

Maybe I don't want to change
Maybe I still want to talk about it
Maybe I'm never going to feel like that again
Maybe I'm just selfish
Maybe it's just too late
Maybe it's all my fault after all
Maybe I don't deserve all this attention
Maybe I don't listen

Maybe I was happy the way I was...

Maybe I was happy the way I was
Maybe I'm tired of just pretending
Maybe I'm tired of selling rope
Why can't I just be happy?

Maybe I'm just afraid
Maybe it's not too late
Maybe it'll be ok...
Yeah, Maybe I'll be ok

And in that moment seasons changed
I'll never step in that water again
Now I know just who I am
How someone like me can start again

I'll never stop the river
It just wouldn't be the same
So I'll brave those bloody waters
I will face the currents

I'll never stop the river
It just wouldn't be the same
So I'll brave those bloody waters
I will face the currents

I'll be the rock on which we stand
Surrounded by sinking sand

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from Horse Stories + Personal Fables, released July 4, 2019

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