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Declarations

by Gainer Hawks

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1.
Drive 02:51
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Drive past you’ll fail to notice (Can’t take your bitterness) Drive past you’ll know who wrote this (My muse, your mistress) One piece until I finish (Just missing hidden notes) Three more, four, now I’m able (Crash! Burn! You’re sailing!) It’s time you slow down Don’t listen to a word he says Snow, town You paint the walls, you watch your grave Snow, town
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Faces 03:29
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Butterflies on the inside Waging battles in my mind Telling secrets you won’t find Maybe some things never see the light Outside my window the moon shines Shadows wakening, everything is so right Something’s changing you won’t fight How many faces? Who knows where they all go... Barely breathing you’re so slow Feelings helplessly tracing the moon glow Pull me in through your window Someone’s following, well, I sway and you go Flower shaking in your hand Making space for a lost soul, a grown man Feel you softening your stand Drown me in your mama’s peaches she got canned Feelings buried you won’t find Too many changes Who knows where they all go...
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Dear Forgiveness 03:29
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Let’s take a ride, this valentine won’t leave you running dry It’s only time that’s magnified with sight through optimistic eyes Let's not wait! Skipping lines to sidestep all you follow Somewhere safe! Building walls to push back next tomorrow Let’s take a ride, this valentine won’t leave you running dry You’re classified, two types worth right, a declaration gone awry Let's not wait! Skipping lines to sidestep all you follow Somewhere safe! Building walls to push back next tomorrow Don’t hesitate! Anything you want to know... A silent break, you just don’t know what you don’t know A fleeting frame that doesn’t want to be alone A silent face, you just don’t know what you don’t know A signature, a designation never known Let’s take a ride, this valentine won’t leave you running dry It’s only time that’s magnified with sight through optimistic eyes Let's not wait! Skipping lines to sidestep all you follow Somewhere safe! Building walls to push back next tomorrow Don’t hesitate! Anything you want to know...
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Falling 03:04
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Is it enough to be your only man Looking for a longing absent of demands? Ordinary lovers of something new Or a televised reaction within you? I never want to tell you who to face It makes me cover up when I turn and see The one you always show to me at home It's not enough to be a wanted man Always looking inward as a way to understand Ordinary woman of Southern winds With a temper for lifetime only held within I never want to tell you who to blame It takes me to a place where only birds can see A top-down view that’s sometimes lonely I never want to tell you where to go Prevailing wisdom of this hilltop blue city A nighttime view that’s sometimes lovely I never want to tell you when to go A failing is only good enough when nothing’s said Misconstrued that’s only in your head
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Slowing 03:16
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Circle down the winding road Maybe you won’t see me Turn it down, the radio Maybe you won’t believe me Sometimes you take it slow Your actions speak but not until I feel secure Sometimes you take it slow Your actions speak but will they make me feel secure?
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Liveners 04:28
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I always told you to say no to fortunes in your mind Sometimes letters give you up and won’t let you decide I always told you to say no despite the easing in your mind Sometimes pressure comforts like a coil that unwinds Your pretty looks and winning smile Take their toll on what’s worthwhile I never told you to say no when shaking’s in his eyes A prime or one that can take 2? No time, we must decide Your pretty looks and winning smile Take their toll on what’s worthwhile Learn to forget, don’t live in regret, everything’s a lonely mile Learn to adapt, liveners@everythingsawaytodie
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Don't Breathe 03:49
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I know it shows What did I do to make it so? Turn on myself and let you go How do I listen every night to your replies? Won't you take me there? How do I listen every night to your replies? How do I listen when the words won't come out right? I think I'll say goodnight Tuesday more Wednesday less A night make-away
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Heartlands 03:10
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Take a little time to wish your cape was covering my head Light touches from your lips pushed away until the end Take a little time to write your goals above your bed A mental list might suffice but wouldn’t feel so permanent A hot lens to magnify the light, decrease supply The Heartlands will look you in the eye one more time Take a little time to listen, chase it to the head A knife and some curvy writing, informal language, self defense Take a little time to take an extra time or two Big eyes and a naked brain left behind, guests +2 Take a little time to listen to the aging New York queen Was it schadenfreude or pent up pleasure genuine? A hot lens to magnify the light, decrease supply The Heartlands will look you in the eye one more time A hot lens to watch you when you die, it bends the light The Heartlands will take you from my side one good night
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The Judge 04:49
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The creases in his eyes won’t ever like be arranged in a sphere Long distance innocence is a story you tell well to our ears Let it go And you know what only takes too late And we know it takes two to relate An echo of the Southern one, a friend you share with me on a screen Caretaker of the minds who won’t let no one near or between Two feelings And you know what only takes too late And we know it takes two to relate A fading photo textured in the rain A frozen turnstile, too late to begin A beating heart won’t go away Separation always gets her way A fleeting heart has gone away Celebration always points the way Middle sign of a sister ending with a rose, but only here West Coast love is long distance but not to worry, dear—it’s only fear Don’t come here And you know what only takes too late And we know it takes two to relate A fading photo textured in the rain A frozen turnstile, too late to begin
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Open Hands 03:45
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Always fall into open hands You're never one to take a stand when you're not well Caressing your broken hands You always fail to reprimand those at blame Secret plots are happening Conspiracies are devising A tourniquet unraveling Faithful looks you demand Sights from the Everyman that looks below Hollow sounds in the empty man Digging trenches in the sand to follow too Secret plots are happening Conspiracies are devising Our tourniquet's unraveling Always fall into open hands (some tension) You're never one to make a stand when you're not well (retention) Caressing your broken hands (who did it?) You always fail to reprimand those at blame (I didn't)

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released April 10, 2019

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