Salt

from Tachycardia EP by Opeongo

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We're a cut from the same cloth, or maybe I'm torn from rags.
But we're torn by the same line of thought. Dear, we're one and the same.
And dear, you are the dearest that I'll ever have.

I turned a new leaf over, 'tried taking your advice.
But I'm so damn forgetful sometimes, I turned that new leaf over twice.
'Shook that whole tree down and watched my fears multiply.
'Took that whole tree down and watched my fears multiply.

We're a cut from the same kill, or maybe I'm some carrion elk -
Far off and feeding the hunted and hungry so that they may carry on with health.
Dear, I'd give it all away if I could just have you back.
Dear, you are the dearest that I'll ever have.
Dear, you are the dearest that I'm ever gonna' have.

I tapped my family tree in search of something sweet,
But the sap it bares a taste that is as bitter as the history that it sustains.
Resolve my pain. Allow myself to remain today. Abstain my loss and drain the misery away. Fade the hollow grain and let it all be.

There's salt in my bloodstream! There's love in my eyes!
My heart is bloody! It palpitates for your life!
There's salt in my bloodstream! There's love in my eyes!
It seems there's no place for me within these modern times
Without you, dear one.

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from Tachycardia EP, released January 18, 2015

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