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The Lost Tapes 2014

31 Dec 2014

LT·2014 [28–33]

  1. 01

    City of Ghosts

    In this city In this city City of ghosts They were the ones I loved the most They were fallen from another world And they were never gonna be understood But they came We put on our armour in the city Of ghosts In this city of ghosts They were the souls I loved the most In this city, city of ghosts When they came along to rest beneath our stars The city took a blast like we knew it would Where did all the souls that roamed this city go? Neighbours go and come and go but can't stand still But we remain We put on our armour in the city Of ghosts In this city of ghosts They were the souls I loved the most And all the bodies I'm seeing today Can never wash this fear away In this city of ghosts, ghosts, ghosts Ghost towns took you high and low Further than you ever thought you'd go We wore our armour in the city City of ghosts City of ghosts City of ghosts City of ghosts

    I’d been left behind. Everyone had graduated and gone, and I stayed in the city, living on my own in a flat with no furniture, drifting through streets that felt full of people who weren’t there anymore.

    I was haunting that place even while I was still alive.

    LT·2014·01 [28]

  2. 02

    State of You

    Sometimes a whisper's better than a shout I breathe your name from here From there, you come about I don't know where to hide me You always know how to find me I don't know where to hide me You always know how to find me You'll find me looking at the state of you A beautiful but tainted view It's in pieces for the taking Your state's pieces, my heart's breaking For your beautiful but tainted view You'll find me looking at the state of you The quietest ones have the loudest minds A universe inside Sprouting out like vines Sometimes a whisper's better than a shout I breathe your name from here From there, you come about I don't know where to hide me You always know how to find me I don't know where to hide me You always know how to find me You'll find me looking at the state of you A beautiful but tainted view It's in pieces for the taking Your state's pieces, my heart's breaking For your beautiful but tainted view You'll find me looking at the state of you

    I was watching someone fall apart while I was barely holding myself together. I think this was the year I learned that love can’t stop someone else’s collapse.

    threads · the figure

    LT·2014·02 [29]

  3. 03

    August Song

    Just humming into the void. The melody would come back two years later as Feel You on Elements, but this was its first form. The sound of being left behind.

    LT·2014·03 [30]

  4. 04

    Tired

    I'm tired of looking after you I don't want to make this hard for you I don't need you to tell me what to do As it stands, you're the one who needs me Not the other way round Not the other way round Why don't you go find a place to live somewhere Why don't you let it go and be yourself somewhere You don't know how to live your life You don't know a way to let it go I'm tired of looking after you I don't want to make this hard for you I don't need you to tell me what to do As it stands, you're the one who needs me Not the other way round Not the other way round I'm tired of looking after you I don't want to make this hard for you I don't need you to tell me what to do As it stands, you're the one who needs me Not the other way round Not the other way round

    Tired of someone, tired of everything, tired of myself. Running on fumes, trying to step out of a story that was draining the life out of me.

    I think this was the song where I finally let myself notice that I had been doing too much carrying for too long.

    LT·2014·04 [31]

  5. 05

    City of Ghosts Pt. II

    In this city In this city City of ghosts They were the ones I loved the most They were fallen from another world And they were never gonna be understood But they came We put on our armour in the city Of ghosts In this city of ghosts They were the souls I loved the most In this city, city of ghosts When they came along to rest beneath our stars The city took a blast like we knew it would Where did all the souls that roamed this city go? Neighbours go and come and go but can't stand still But we remain We put on our armour in the city Of ghosts In this city of ghosts They were the souls I loved the most And all the bodies I'm seeing today Can never wash this fear away In this city of ghosts, ghosts, ghosts Ghost towns took you high and low Further than you ever thought you'd go We wore our armour in the city City of ghosts City of ghosts City of ghosts City of ghosts

    A different version of the same ache. Later in the year, deeper in the spiral, and finally about to leave the city for good. The same streets, but this time I knew it was my turn to go.

    LT·2014·05 [32]

  6. 06

    Come Alive (Coda)

    The final note of the Lost Tapes era. A last look back before moving on, a deep breath before the next version of me arrived.

    LT·2014·06 [33]