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I know what it feels like,
I know what you feel like.
I know what it feels like,
I know what you feel like.
Searching for the daylight,
get out of this dark night.
Searching for the daylight,
get out of my own mind.
I know what it feels like,
I know what you feel like.
I know what it feels like,
I know what you feel like.
Searching for the daylight,
nothing in me feels right.
Searching for the daylight,
I’m just trying to right/write my life.
I know what it feels like,
I know what you feel like.
I know what it feels like,
I know what you feel like.
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I left you when I turned eighteen.
I left you for a city dream.
But city life’s never what it seems,
and now I’m back driving through your streets.
The film house closed,
the café’s gone,
Dad is still at the shop,
but time, it seems, it never stops.
It’s four a.m. there’s no one else around,
I’m driving the streets of your town.
I left you when I wanted more.
How could I know what life had in store?
But now I’m back driving past your door,
a shadow of the ghost that was before.
The film house closed,
the café’s gone,
Dad is still at the shop,
but time, it seems, it never stops.
It’s four a.m. there’s no one else around,
I’m driving the streets of your town.
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I Recall July
03:44
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I recall July,
when the storm had passed
and the lightning flashed
away from the sky.
Did you call my name?
Did you say it twice?
Like the lightning strikes,
and we’re never the same?
If I called you up,
would it be enough
to accept my love?
I recall July,
when the sky had crashed
and the future turned
its back on the past.
Did you call my name?
Did you say it loud?
Parting from the crowd,
we were never the same.
If I called you up,
would it be enough
to accept my love?
Would you call my name,
now the storm has passed?
Or would you turn your back
on what we had?
I recall July…
I recall July…
I recall…
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Give a little bit of yourself, babe.
Tease a little bit of what you’ve got to show me.
Share a little bit of yourself, baby.
Give a little bit of what you’ve got to show me.
You and me,
we don’t have to be like kids—
hiding under covers,
hiding from eachother.
So, give a little bit of yourself, babe.
Tease a little bit of what you’ve got to show me.
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Golden Heart
03:14
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I waited always for you.
I waited all time, it’s true.
There is nothing in the world
between a boy or a girl will do.
We took a long drive alone.
I gave my young life for home.
There is nothing in my heart
that wouldn’t do it from the start
over again.
Now, would you
know someone I could hold onto?
It’s been awhile since I saw a
heart with a golden arc
all wrapped around me.
We left the party at two.
I gave my body to you.
There is nothing in the stars
that would’ve kept my love apart
from you.
Now, would you
know someone I could hold onto?
It’s been awhile since I saw a
heart with a golden arc
all wrapped around me.
Could you show me a golden heart?
They’ve been around since the very start.
It’s been so hard to pick up my parts
all crashed around me.
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A rose is all that life shows.
How it grows nobody knows,
but when it goes…
when it goes…
My love is all that life shows.
Where it goes, nobody knows,
but when it grows…
when it grows…
You came here to love.
You came here to grow.
You came here to learn.
You don’t have to fear.
A rose is all that life shows.
How it grows nobody knows,
but when it goes…
when it goes…
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...And It Is All Right
02:20
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Well, I know I have arrived
and it’s hard just to survive,
but I’ll stay alive.
…And it is all right.
When the world is at your back
and it’s awful what you lack,
I’ll stay on tack.
…And it is all right.
Well, I know I have arrived
and it’s hard to live this life,
but I’ve got my light.
…And it is all right.
While the world still lives in song,
I know I can carry on.
I’ll sing along.
…And it is all right.
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Now That I'm On My Own
02:16
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Now that I’m on my own,
there’s nothing to fear.
There’s nobody here
to put me down.
Now that I’m on my way,
there’s nothing to say.
I’ll keep myself safe
for a brand new day.
Now that I’m all alone,
I’ll go down that road
and know that my home
is the love I own.
Now that I’m my own girl,
I’ll build my whole world
and know that my heart
is where life starts.
Now that dark comes to light,
I’ll step out of the night
to speak the truth that I see
and choose my own destiny.
Now that I’m on my own,
the path now is clear.
There’s nobody here
to fuck me around.
Now that I’m on my way,
there’s nothing to say.
I’ll save my own fate
and put you away.
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All I wanted to be is free.
All I wanted to see was me.
All I can ask is please…
just leave me be
to the life that’s been kept from me.
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Lady Lazarus California
"a searching work of elemental folk minimalism"
-Pitchfork
"evokes a sense
of empathy I haven't felt before" -Uproxx
Lady Lazarus is the solo music project of writer, artist, and singer-songwriter Melissa Ann Sweat.
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