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Atoms Dream of Atoms
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It’s winter in my room, I am alive
Rooftops painted gold in evening light
Atoms dream of atoms in my mind
What’s a blue sky, who the fuck am I?
I long for motion in my static life
Think of Bergen, watch the seagulls fly
I see the poetry but I cannot write
From dark to dark, this interstice of light
(interlude)
I have been humbled by the fjord light
I have been dumbstruck by the water
I have seen dead stars in the blue dark
I have felt black holes in my heart
I have loved so much that it hurt
And I have held someone who is lost
I don’t want eternal life
But I don’t ever want to die
No, I don’t ever want to die
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Was it Monday’s light that woke me seeping through the blinds?
Or was it the emptiness I lay beside?
In the bed we were meant to share I didn’t know where you were sleeping
Did you love him once or is it once more than I know?
And did you feel as empty as I did when I found out?
In the morning did you look across and smile, or feel the guilt then?
Remember when we met I was still loving someone else
And you used to cry just to think of her
Now I know how it feels, some mistakes we can’t make up for
I’ll still love you more than anyone I used to know
And I’ll remember Oslo for the rest of my life
I’d never been so fucking happy, what a lovely dream our love was
I want to help you through all the pain I’ve caused
My apathy has consequences
I played a part in the worst moment of your life
Can you forgive me, love?
I’ve been so silent and pathetic too
But you still saw love in me
We’ll move away in to two different lives
With six years of memories
We met when we were seventeen
Now youth’s bright dream is gone
In my friend’s garden dark and green
On that New Year’s Eve
Wanted to kiss you under streetlight
When we said goodnight
I woke on Sunday to a sky white
I saw your face in it
As in love as I’d ever be
I live in its afterglow
Love like that don’t come
Around here that often
All love is a search
For meaning beyond us
Hope you find someone
Who gives you what I couldn’t
‘cause all I want for you
Is happiness, darling
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