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it's happening
03:06
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Blowing smoke and pulling air
I shouldn’t but I dare to speak
Wishing I could just un-see
The inconvenient prophecy
Why do I do this to me?
How powerful the mind can be
I thought it, now it’s happening
Lonely as a plume of smoke
Rising in the western sky
Love you like a dirty joke
That always comes with a surprise
Why do I do this to me?
How powerful the mind can be
I thought it, now it’s happening, it's happening
Teach me how to sing different songs in different orders
Teach me how to think that good things are around the corner
Why do I do this to me?
How powerful the mind can be
I thought it, now it’s happening, happening
It's happening
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the creator
02:34
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Keeping seeds like secrets
Cards from shuffled stacks
You’ll have to wait to see
The fish I’m throwing back
Taking my time
Letting the mud dry
Oh graceful note, chicken scratch and legal pad
Oh broken home, take me back
Don’t call me baby, baby
Fire sign with match
You barely know me lady
I can’t get attached
Passing the time
Taking my own side
Oh graceful note, chicken scratch and legal pad
Oh broken home, take me back
I can set fires, slash tires and hotwire cars, blindfolded in the dark
I’m staying naked; it’s sacred to feel so alive, looking darkness in the eye
Eye of the mind
Wait for the right time
Oh broken road, heavy load and twisted path
Oh hopeful note, lead me back
Oh hopeful note, lead me back
Oh, hopeful note
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under the ace
02:15
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Under my wing
Where I carry my tiredness
Way in the back of my mind
Past the old carousel slides
It’s you I choose to love
It’s you I choose
Under a layer of bashful, we’re narcissists
Feigning our tributes to life
Why’d you tell me, not your wife?
It’s you I used to love
It’s you I used
After the miserable fight
There’s a memory
Delicate etching on bone
Amplified when I’m alone
It’s you I lose to love
It’s you I lose
Under the surface
The water is treacherous
Even the best swimmers drown
Ace looks the same upside down
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Kirsten Opstad Los Angeles, California
Kirsten Opstad is a Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter.
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