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Old Flame
03:08
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OLD FLAME
Old friend old flame
Your move I’m staying
Come in I’m here
Let’s hide our fear
Your voice is hard with edges I don’t remember
Standing on guard until it’s safe again
Old news old blame
Can I explain?
You had it all but everything wasn’t good enough
Do you ever stop and think about when we both thought it was?
They were good days, we would listen to CKUA up late
We got caught in the rain old flame
Is it true: did I break your heart?
Or did it crack- was it the start?
Would sorry help?
Can this tension be tamed old flame?
If it was a game old flame, I didn’t know we were playing
I didn’t know we were playing
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Summerlove
03:09
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SUMMERLOVE
Met you on the first day of gym in ‘98
Was an awkward year for most of us
We played a game of soccer without a referee
I showed off and hoped you’d notice me
We talked a little but you talk to everyone
I didn’t know if it meant anything
But late in June we had a picnic at the park
And our hands touched when we were on the swings
You’re my favourite person to do nothing with
I don’t even care if we go out
Waking up is hard when I know school is going to start
But I found you just in time for summerlove
Let’s catch a movie or make some lemonade
Having fun with you is never hard
We’ll go to thrift stores and try on all the clothes
Or just run through the sprinkler in your yard
You’re my favourite person to do nothing with
I don’t even care if we go out
Waking up is hard when I know school is going to start
But I found you just in time for summerlove
We’ll look back on this picture and remember who we are
When grown up life starts feeling like a maze
You’re just as sweet as that gap between your teeth
So let’s squeeze everything out of these days
You’re my favourite person to do nothing with
I don’t even care if we go out
Waking up is hard when I know school is going to start
But I found you just in time for summerlove
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Symmetry
03:26
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SYMMETRY
Give my symmetry in my poetry
There's no choice in my voice so you know it's me
Is it okay to you if I say to you
that you're part of my heart when I play to you?
I will sing the tops of your buildings
I will sing the tops of trees
And all the high forgotten things I will sing the least of these
I will sing my tumbling after and all the humble things
A friend of mine who falls behind I will sing his crumbling
Give me symmetry in my poetry
There's no choice in my voice so you know it's me
Is it okay to you if I say to you
that you're part of my heart when I play to you?
I don't want to see you laughing if you are sick inside
I don't want your joy without your tears
Your love without your pride
I will sing the crumbling concrete and all our humble charms
If you crumble from the weight of it would you crumble in my arms?
Ba ba ba ba ba ba da da da da
Ba ba ba ba ba ba
Give me symmetry in my poetry
There's no choice in my voice so you know it's me
Is it okay to you if I say to you
that you're part of my heart when I play to you?
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Walk the Halls
02:48
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WALK THE HALLS
On that first day I held you close so glad that you were mine
Eyes much older than they were that didn't change with time
We grew up and I stayed close- as much as you'd allow
I don't know when it went wrong it doesn't matter now
I still catch my breath when I see your picture on the mantel
Oh if I could have borne that weight for you when it got too much to handle
Sometimes I believe the lie I'm not cut out for this
Sleepless nights so many why's- the senseless messages
Now when I get the chance to speak I don't know what to say
You fed me with your body once now you've never been further away
I still catch my breath when I see your picture on the mantel
Oh if I could have borne that weight for you when it got too much to handle
There were times I thought the worst one day it came true
Now I walk the halls you walked so long ago- I love you
Now I walk the halls you walked so long ago
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Giselle Parker Edmonton, Alberta
Giselle Parker is a pop artist based in Edmonton, Alberta.
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