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Stars On Silver Strings
02:54
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Tell myself that I’d follow you anywhere you should go
Make a vow that you’ll never have anything more to know
Come down hard and then escalate yet again we survive
Hold your tongue as the shattering vertebrae marks the time
It’s a need for something
Just outside your heart again
When you whisper softly
Everything must end
It’s your only warning
And your final serenade
When you whisper softly
Everything will fade
Everything will fade
Tell myself that I’d follow you anywhere you should go
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After Oath
03:39
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Say the words with us
Feel them on your tongue
Changing from within
You forget where you’ve been
So many hours
And shooting stars
Fading dawn
Count down every second
Can’t turn this off
Now your heart is hardened to the cause
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As it Comes
03:23
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Hey young love
You’re shining everywhere
You’re tearing out your hair
The feelings came and went
Hey young love
You take it as it comes
Embracing everyone
Until the moment’s done
Hey young love
I meet you on the ledge
All your friends are there
All your friends are there
All I know
All I loved
Is gone
Hey young love
The silence overwhelms
You want it for yourself
You can’t be everything
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Electric Eden
04:46
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A chance to find
Inside electric eden
And by design
You know it’s trouble
So take my hand
We enter to the circle
You feel alive
Wild and aware
This beating heart
A rhythm stutters slowly
I come apart
For you again
If we learn
The language of an empire
And whisper softly
Our secrets there
Flickers of a former self
All those dreams surround you
Rest beside the flower bed
Cannot live without them
All your tears have finally fell
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Your Reward
04:06
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Arrive the moment when the grievances are made
A time to take account of every sorrow claimed
The common crying out for words to keep them safe
Before the desperation finally overtakes
Holding out for
Anyone to help them
Hearing only echoes
Night is falling
They say the fleeting life is someone else to blame
A shameless mockery by any other name
If there's a reason left to try to make a stand
Within this broken world that clings to their demands
Welcome your reward
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The Contrarian Washington, D.C.
The Contrarian is the alter ego of Washington, DC-based musician/producer/writer Casey Rae.
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