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Sunshine Special

by Aemyn

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Sunshine Special 03:46
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A D i heard you got sick, i’m sorry to hear is there somethin you need, could i lend an ear i’ll never demand you explain yourself or blame you for the cards you’re dealt who cares if you smoked who cares if you’re reckless i care if you’re broke and feeling helpless who cares if you knew the risk of infection i know you’re alone and feeling rejected we can get breakfast and smile in the sun spill some tea and be disappointed in your mum cos she said her words were coming from love but they cast a great big shadow over us A D-Dm and she says i’m a freak in the sweetest way she can but when she’s older maybe she’ll understand all the ways they made her pretend who cares if you’re late who cares if you’re senseless i care if you hurt breaking under the tension who cares if they taught you the hazards of love i care that you’re sad and feeling crushed we can get breakfast and smile in the sun spill some tea and be disappointed in your mum cos she said her words were coming from love but they cast a great big shadow over us A D-Dm and she says i’m a freak in the sweetest way she can but when she’s older maybe she’ll understand all the ways they made her pretend do you think im special do you think im nice do you think im perfect do you think im kind i think you’re treasured i think you’re divine i think you’re present i think you’re alive maybe for the first time in this life and she says you’re a freak in the sweetest way she can but when she’s older maybe she’ll understand all the ways they made her pretend
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Still Here 03:25
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Still Here [DS001] G F C A# I’m still here Year after year after year I’ll be here Until I’m old enough You’ll have to drag me off this hill G F C C G F C A# I never liked the long way around I’m following the footprints on the ground Paths of opportunity, through the flowers Cos it’s been done before, now it’s allowed G G Am F Where do I run To make life worth living Who can I trust To see my hearts still beating F Still beating Still beating G F C A# I’m still here Year after year after year I’ll be here Until I’m old enough You’ll have to drag me off this hill G F C C G F C A# I started to make my own shortcuts And asking my friends what it means to love Used to stick to the path now we sneak across the grass And we’ve kissed before now so lovings not so hard G F C A# I’m still here Year after year after year I’ll be here Until I’m old enough You’ll have to drag me off this hill G F C C Day after day after day Week after week after week Month after month after month Year after year after year G G Am F Where do I run To make life worth living Who can I trust To see my hearts still beating F Still beating Still beating G F C A# I’m still here Year after year after year I’ll be here Until I’m old enough You’ll have to drag me off this hill
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Fear Of Being Okay 03:10
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F Gm A# A# | F A# i haven’t left the house on a while now theres a hole in my heart in the place that allows me to smile and its taking its bittersweet time to heal F Gm A# A# | F C# C and i haven’t felt so alone in a long time theres a fog in the light crowding my minds inner eye and its taking its bittersweet time to see clear F A A# A#m so i’m slowly drifting from a vision that seemed so clear while you were in it Dm-C#-C A# A#m And I feel afraid To feel okay Again F Gm Am A# | F A# And I hate how these words just melt off the page Like there’s something I need but still nothing to say Oh, a kiss on the cheek, off into the fray Oh, but this heart won’t heal I tell myself this world’s wonderful place If you just block your ears and keep looking away Stare dystopia down, and never complain I just need to see clearly Clearly F A A# A#m so i’m slowly drifting from a vision that seemed so clear while you were with me Dm-C#-C A# A#m And I feel afraid To feel okay Again To heal To clear To heal To clear
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Shades Of Joy 02:20
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A7 D7 Dm A7 I tried to show you who I am You looked right past me again With the ways that we all pretend I figured we could connect Because I always liked who you grew to be As the seasons changed you shifted with the breeze I thought you held that same shade of joy for me I told you who I loved I didn’t really expect much But I didn’t think that you would judge me For opening up Because I always liked who you grew to be As the seasons changed you shifted with the breeze I thought you held that same shade of joy for me I thought you held that same shade of joy for me
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Smile For The Picture 02:51
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I just want you here with me But I want you completely Here with me You and me Floating free But you didn’t want to see me No, you wanted an image A picture perfect figure in the mirror My heart is a silly gimmick And you’re the only one who doesn’t get it I love you but I don’t know anymore if I like this Oh, I just want you here with me But I want you completely Here with me You and me Floating free Oh, I’ll smile for all of your pictures And laugh with you over our dinners But there’s so many thoughts you didn’t let me finish And I opened my heart and you judged what was in it What was in it What was in it Oh, I just want-ed you here with me But I want-ed you completely Here with me You and me Floating free Oh, you said you wanted me here with you You said you wanted me completely Here with you You and me Floating free
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Only This 03:25
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only this only this, only this please don’t let me forget only this only this is what we get G Am C C i’m afraid that this will slip on through my fingers and it still does on the days that i forget but i remember every beautiful night and i remember what it all had meant i think i feel it all in retrospect i find it hard to feel it in the moment i’m in awe of all my lovely friendships i still can’t believe that this is what i get so please talk as much as you like your voice is always so nice i’m smiling from ear to ear when your eyes light up, they shine only this, only this please don’t let me forget only this only this is what we get so stay a while and look up at the stars show me who you really know you are all the ways that we changed, oh, we never strayed too far despite everything, it’s still your heart i can’t believe that i get this you make me feel so special i never thought that i’d be here i’m in love with your essence only this, only this please don’t let me forget only this only this is what we get steph calls me in tears while wen pei cries alone and georgia’s trying so hard to find someone who feels like home and i’m lying under a tree in Leichhardt when gabi calls my phone and jahren made it to queers of joy and calls me a lovely soul so i’ll do my best to lift you up when your bank balance is low and i’ll be first to raise a cup to beloved friends i know and to the ones i haven’t met yet i hope you have some of your own who fill the room with light everywhere they go only this, only this please don’t let me forget only this only this is what we get
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Rest Your Wings 02:11
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Am G/B C G D Oh, rest your weary mind When you wake up you’ll be fine, again Oh, my love, take your time The fall teaches us to fly You’ve got all you need to shine I’ll see you off into the sky, again Call me if you ever need to cry What’s mine is yours, whats yours is mine C G/B D D Rest your wings now, little Icarus We’ve got a long way yet to go C G/B A# C | G G Sleep until you learn To dream again Am G/B C G D Dancin’ between hope and arrogance Have you been hiding from your friends We’ve come to wax your beautiful wingspan And we’ll be here when you’re home again C G/B D D Rest your wings now, little Icarus We’ve got a long way yet to go C G/B A# C | G G Sleep until you Learn to dream again Learn to dream again
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Do What You’re Told 01:41
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there’s the hand that stirs the pot there’s the other bound in chains there’s the burning of the sun there’s the cold sting of the rain there’s the wreck that washed ashore there’s the place they used to play there’s the bombs nobody dropped there’s the endless list of names there’s the bullet in the chamber there’s the tax we pay for hate there’s the crowd of hungry strangers there’s the journalists who stayed there’s a show tonight in Tel Aviv there’s a fireworks display there’s a show of force in Rafah there’s a soldier with the shakes oh do what you’re told one day, you’ll say if only you had known but you were warned, but you were shown and now it worms deep into your soul you’ll call for peace but only for your own there’ll be Seinfeld and John Lydon Albonese and Joe Biden cowards behind keyboards cheaters, hypocrites and liars all these figures, all these archetypes reasoning with violence feigning ignorance, and innocence tolerance and rightness oh do what you’re told one day, you’ll say if only you had known but you were warned, but you were shown and i hope it worms down deep into your soul you’ll call for peace but only for your own
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Staring At The Sun 03:19
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Staring At The Sun [DS008] Capo 5 INTRO Em A staring at the sun staring at the sun VERSE Em D Db C we act like ourselves for each other won’t you call me out to play all my friends and all my lovers choose a mask and join the game when we drift into each other a little holiday from shame nameless creatures seeking shelter huddled soft around the flames BREAK Em A (melody) CHORUS Em A staring at the sun staring at the sun G A G A and dreaming of who you could become VERSE Em D Db C when i was younger i was brighter i was stronger, i was brave i hoped people would be kinder and we would dance the night away we just sit and stare in silence i’m daring you to look away check your phone and plan your future you’re not even here today BREAK Em A (melody) CHORUS Em A staring at the sun staring at the sun G A G A and dreaming of who you could become staring at the sun staring at the sun and dreaming of who you could become BREAK Em A (melody)
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Running In The Dark 02:00
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Running In The Dark [DS009] Capo 2 G Am Em C one day you’ll have to own up for the person that you’ve been a while now has come and gone lost in delerium a sunny day to quit that bullshit job and call some friends the story truly starts exactly where it seems to end gather all together round the alter of your heart promise to be better and to stop trying so hard learn to love the shape of the soft creature that you are promise me you’ll stick around until you feel the spark running in the dark running in the dark until, we find, the way, again running in the dark one day you’ll have to grow up and stop tryna act so tough there’s always room to fail start again and pick this up they profit when we hate ourselves you’ve always been enough are you pretty on the surface? man, we couldn’t give a fuck running in the dark running in the dark until, we find, the way, again running in the dark G x x x and they’re gonna try to stop us but they don’t know what we know and they’re gonna try to stop on our way home running in the dark running in the dark until, we find, the way, again running in the dark
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What Are We Gonna Do About It? 01:07
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] Capo 2 Asus2 D7sus2 if i could relive this first date i would have looked you in the eye and called you beautiful drawn the pretty girl out of you your lovely face in your favourite dress i wonder what sweet words would find these lips connect if i dreamt another night with you again i would make sure you get to shine because to shine is to reflect two figures in a dance desire in the air light, bright, bold, and unsaid your fingers through my hair my hungry mouth for your neck oh, you like me, i like you too so, what are we gonna do about it?
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Mackay Park 02:05
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Mackay Park [DS0011] CAPO 3 E A let the rain wash your story away has it been a while since you’ve seen your face your soul is safe, it can’t be stained your mind will be at ease if you give it space F#m A E B i wanted to be perfect but i failed oh, and thank fuck cos the harder i tried, the more it hurt and all the rivers dried up when i was a child, we swam in the flood it didn’t feel dangerous to touch we followed in our fathers foolish trust and let the chaos swallow us until we got used to it let the rain wash your story away has it been a while since you cleaned your face your soul is safe, it can’t be stained your mind will be at ease if you give it space F#m A E B I always wanted to be part of the story But I was terrified of my self And I thought that I was boring that I earned what I was dealt I crashed a motorbike in the forest And didn’t tell anybody else And it ached for months behind my ribs I wonder if it ever healed A Or if I just got Am used to it let the rain wash your story away has it been a while since you’ve seen your face your soul is safe, it can’t be stained your mind will be at ease if you give it space
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Somebody’s Somebody 03:29
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released February 22, 2024

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