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The Melancholy Slow Dance

by Erick McNerney

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1.
Come Haunt Me 03:18
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What if you died and went away I'm not going to lie, I've seen it this way And I know I'm losing my mind all of the time And I know it's not really love if we can't let it grow If I sang at your funeral Would you come haunt me Make me believe that you really want me And I know I'm losing my mind all of the time And I know it's really not love if we can't let it grow If you really don't care Just leave me right here Kill me in your mind Strike me blind Waste me on the spot I don't care if this is sane or not Because I know I'm losing my mind all of the time And I know it's really not love if we can't let it grow If I sang at your funeral Would you come haunt me Make me believe that you really want me And I know I'm losing my mind all of the time And I know it's really not love if we can't let it grow If I sang at your funeral Would you come haunt me Make me believe that you really want me And I know I'm losing my mind all of the time And I know it's really not love if we can't let it grow (If we can't let it go) If I sang at your funeral
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Could I Not Love? 03:07
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I thought I understood everything Everything was clear as day Bright sunshine in my way All the journals we write And the stories at night I can't see why you can't See it this way How could you tell me those things? How could you cry when I sing? What are the things that I do The would make me not want you? And how would I know your heart When you close it off to me? To me How, how could I not love who you are? How, how could I not love you? How could I? How could I not? How could I not love you? How could I not? How could I not love you? How could I not love you?
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Stars Fall 02:48
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The stars are all aligned But this feels like an ending I always feel so blind I can't see where you're bending The whole world is swaying All the devils are playing With everything around You hear every little sound I thought you were mine But we took a dive Off the steepest cliff we could find It's a long way to the decline All the stars come crashing down On any place that can be found I was a fool for thinking You were mine, you were mine
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Drifting 03:56
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The hard times that we have It will all make sense in the end We talk about our plans Talk to me Tell me all of the things you dream of And all the nights when we fight with our words Sometimes we drift apart another day When it seems like all our faith has run out I'm telling you now we need to stay Stay, stay and let love lead the way Let's sing a song we both know Where could we go that's miles away Don't say that you're out of time, out of time I know sometimes I lose my mind I know sometimes I lose sight But through it all we will find it all In the darkest night In the final little moment it seems right With all we know we can't throw it all away All these moments we both had And I know sometimes we drift apart from the shore And we lose sight But I know we'll find ourselves again We'll be hand in hand
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Out Of Control 03:50
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I'm tired of your cliche All the things you say Like it's some kind of disguise But I know your guise They say sex sells...souls down the river But when we get there there's no forgiver I told you once before that you're out of your mind You think your dreams are gospel all of the time Trying to sell me down your path But I know it will not last... What's the big deal Now you know how it feels To you this was nothing But to me it was something I look at your now I've lost you to a vow Look, don't look now You're spinning out of control I tried to warn you But you're spinning out of control I told you so Now we're spiraling down You're spiraling down I tried to warn you... You're out of control, spinning 'round Spiraling down
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Supernova 04:11
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It’s your birthday today The sun is shining The clouds roll away If I ever hurt you I’m sorry Because today’s a brand new day You’re like a shooting star a trillion miles away Brighter than the sun in our sky If a thousand years pass away If the earth melts away I’ll still be right here, right by your side Every year, every hour If I ever hurt you I’m sorry Because today’s a brand new day You’re like a shooting star a million miles away And brighter than the sun I need to get to you But you’re so far away I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry Shooting star I’m sorry I’m sorry My shooting star
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A Simple Dream 02:24
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The sun is shinning all around us I see a crowd out on the street They wait encircled for something they don't know I spot your face and walk up slowly I take your hand, we walk away from view No words were spoken but my heart was full Dreams are strange sometimes All these things we can't express
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The Melancholy Slow Dance 03:27
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A bittersweet blue, sunny day Like the sun is chasing all my dreams away 'Cause they're caught up in the clouds And they're not coming down, it brings me down In a rain-swept field, along an emerald sea I want a slow dance, with you and me Could it ever be, more than a dream? More than a dream? Spinning slowly round, with your hand in mine We drift around the shore But you're spinning away from me Or is it just a dream? You're spinning away.... Drifting away... I'm losing grip.... I'm losing grip.... The blue skies, all turn to gray And like a whisper, you spin away
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Bermuda 04:02
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I was on a plane, when I heard your name The pilot must have known that you were on my brain Are we doing barrel rolls, or am I dreaming? Dreaming? Bermuda seems to be beaming Up ahead, is that a wormhole? Will it take me away from my soul? You're my secret muse My guilty pleasure It seems I'll feel that way forever, and ever and ever (repeat) History is a slow dance with time We turn and spin, we forget again If it weren't a crime We'd crucify him a second time If I sang at your funeral Would you come haunt me? If I sang at your funeral Would you come home to me?

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released September 2, 2021

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