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Airpost in the Winter
02:09
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Girl, I’m sending you an airpost in the winter
Haven’t heard from you in seven days
I’m getting nervous
I’m obsessive to the core, I hear you say
But is it wrong to want you here?
Waiting for you to send an airpost in the winter
I will freeze to death without your voice to warm up my heart
I know I’m being kinda inappropriate
Maybe I should just go now
Get my head on straight
Well, you’re being late
But I can handle this
Just one more day without your kiss
Is it just another night
Where my phone doesn’t light
Oh, it’s so cold so I’m staying inside
And we’re up in the air so high
We’re never falling down
I will see you in the sky
Yeah, I’ll see you around
I’m penning this letter
The words make me feel better
Hoping that you will feel the same as me
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2. |
The Many Worlds Theory
02:39
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At the lake
How about we look at what we've made
My mistake
That's when I was going through a phase
A hundred timelines
They're flashing by and by
It's like a limelight
Lift your head and see the sky
Every world that we ever create
Entangled and rebound to a million different fates
Ending who you want to be
Even the ones you wanna see
Ever wonder why you never go outside?
(Easy to let it go, so I’m glad you tried)
Let it fade
Subjected to all these heartless games
Then well played
You gotta ask what have you gained
So many wishes
They flutter by like leaves
And every art piece
It means something if you believe
Every world that we ever create
Entangled and rebound to a million different fates
Ending who you want to be
Even the ones you wanna see
Ever wonder why you never go outside?
(Easy to let it go, so I’m glad you tried)
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3. |
Closer Still
02:24
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What’s your deal
Will you come home
Say you’re real
That I’m not alone
When our eyes meet, you just look away
Can you say what’s wrong with me
Can you be honest with me
Take a chance
Come along with me
You never dance
Why can’t I see
When our eyes meet, you just look away
Can you say what’s wrong with me
Can you be honest with me
So I’ll come closer and you’ll find out
What this travesty is all about
If we don’t speak up, we don’t know what is up
So talk
Hey, say
That’s enough
I’m never gonna give you up
Cause I’m still here and wondering if this is all it’s about
What’s wrong?
Why prolong
Can’t you see that this is wrong
Cause I’m still here and wondering if this is all it’s about
So I’ll come closer and you’ll find out
What this travesty is all about
If we don’t speak up, we don’t know what is up
So talk
And we’re closer still and we mess up
In this tragedy that we call love
But we’ll try and try until we get it right
Let’s talk
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4. |
A Rose By Any Other Name
04:16
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Speak to me
I’ve gone and caused a scene
I have made a mess and my, it’s so obscene
Look at me
Don’t turn away your eyes
I need you to see the start of my demise
I don’t know what went wrong
I used to shine so bright
My light is gone
My light is gone
My light is gone
I could show you a rose
Not pretty, I suppose
But there is beauty in its thorns
I could last through these days
Or try a hundred ways
Try and fix everything I’ve torn
I don’t know what went wrong
I used to shine so bright
My light is gone
My light is gone
My light is gone
Talk to me
Cause I need you right here
And for what it’s worth, I know you won’t disappear
Dance with me
You’re all that I have left
And I know for me, you will see through this mess
I don’t know what went wrong
I used to shine so bright
My light is gone
My light is gone
My light is gone
I could show you a rose
Not pretty, I suppose
But there is beauty in its thorns
I could last through these days
Or try a hundred ways
Try and fix everything I’ve torn
I don’t know what went wrong
I used to shine so bright
My light is gone
My light is gone
My light is gone
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5. |
Prescribe My Medicine
03:17
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Someone please call an ambulance
Or diagnose me with this heartbreak that I’m in
It’s a scary predicament
When my blood spills on the pavement
You deserve better company
That’s what I’m saying, solemnly
But I can’t let you go
Would you please tell me something I don’t know
And my heart is beating like it’s going eighty thousand miles per hour
Because I have gone and ruined what was deservedly good and ours
Prescribe my medicine for me
Or else I’ll never say sorry
I cannot admit I was wrong
And you knew all along
Can I just make my case here
Because I swear it’s not as bad as it seems to be
I had this all thought out in my head
I wrote a lecture about what you said
But when it comes to it, I’m useless
Up against you, yeah, I’m a mess
Because I learned from you
In the end, you’re the one I’m turning to
And my heart is beating like it’s going eighty thousand miles per hour
Because I have gone and ruined what was deservedly good and ours
Prescribe my medicine for me
Or else I’ll never say sorry
I cannot admit I was wrong
And you knew all along
Diagnose my illness for me
Or do I dare make you worry
Can we just say that I was wrong
So we can both move on
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6. |
Hopes and Dreams
02:22
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ba di de do ras di ta da pi de to o
ha i ya na ra o di be di ya
ha i ya i ma na ra ha ji gi ya a
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translation:
Hopes and dreams are like goodbyes
I'm not done, just a little more
We're not done, not yet
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7. |
Tiny Virtues
03:22
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When I was young, I said that I’d change the whole world
Well that’s not happened yet, but will tomorrow be the same?
I’m skidding on fumes left over from my past life
But I haven’t died yet
It’s these tiny virtues keeping me alive
It’s these tiny virtues keeping me alive
When I was young, I told my mother I’m done
With learning anything practical or secure with time
I’m jealous of those as passioned as me
But in something that works
It’s these tiny virtues keeping me alive
It’s these tiny virtues keeping me alive
When I’m all done with this material life
I’ll travel the world seeing all that I’ve done
I’m skidding on fumes left over from my past life
But I haven’t died yet
It’s these tiny virtues keeping me alive
It’s these tiny virtues keeping me alive
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8. |
The Cello Player
03:19
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9. |
Artist
04:14
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I remember the first story I wrote
And it read so terribly that it didn't flow
I couldn't show anyone, couldn't dare call it art
So I kept it close to my heart
It became the only thing I knew
How to do, The only thing I could construe
Now that I think about it, I guess that's how it all starts
I kept it close to my heart
Fly away, you songbird
Now you're free
Show it off, every word
You're the only one who matters to me
I remember the first time you told me
It was the first time anyone had liked my story
It started as an accident, but you didn't tear me apart
So I opened up my heart
The way you read them was all wrong
Even so, you smiled and kept singing your song
The others give us looks, they cast us out for who we are
I open up my heart
Sing to me, you songbird
Our own melody
So they say, so they infer
But what has that got to do with you and me?
They can laugh all day and mock us for not heeding to their story
What has that got to do with you and me?
We can talk all day and write, we'll create our own story
That's the only thing that matters to me
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JohnJRenns South Korea
The former musical alias of Cecily Renns. cecilyrenns.bandcamp.com
“Frankly, pop
culture is a bit better at rocking people emotionally than the better chunk of the so-called fine arts.” - Kadono Kouhei, authour of ‘Boogiepop’
“...소위 팝컬쳐라 불리는 게 있다. 예술이라 하기엔 좀 그렇긴 한데 하여튼 사람의 마음을 뒤흔드는 점에 간해서는 어정쩡한 파인 아트보다 힘이 세기도 하는 놈이다.” - 카도노 코우헤이, '부기팝' 작가
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My debut album as Cecily Renns, my new name!
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