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Quicksand
02:54
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This place is held together by all the whispers and the lies
People sharing smiles that don't quite meet the eyes
You polish your crown, king of this town
And I'll stay here upon the sidelines
Standing in the rubble of the buildings that we built
And the stories that we told and all the songs that we wrote
Do you ever miss me? I'm afraid to know
So I keep my head down and my pretty mouth closed
Pour me something stronger to help me sleep tonight
I've been awake since Thursday and I ain't feeling right
You were the quicksand I never saw coming
The place where I stopped when I should've kept running
Standing in the rubble of the buildings that we built
And the stories that we told and all the songs that we wrote
Do you ever miss me? I'm afraid to know
So I keep my head down and my pretty mouth closed
You gave me reasons and I shot them down
You laughed in my face but look who's laughing now
She's nineteen and under your thumb
I'll stand on my own two feet and let you think you've won
Standing in the rubble of the buildings that we built
And the stories that we told and all the songs that we wrote
Do you ever miss me? I don't care to know
So I'll stand on my own two feet and let all of this go
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Rescue Mission
03:29
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Tonight there are only a few cars on the road
I've got a sunset ahead of me and it's calling me on
And I need to reach my destination
But I can't drive any faster than I already am
I've driven all night just to see you
And I'm beginning to think I've built all this up in my head
It won't be the same as it was in those good ol' days
We will both have changed
Still I will get lost if you get lost with me too
So you get in the car and there's miles of silence
But nothing needs to be said
It's a rescue mission, cross country escapade
To find a home, a place to get to know
Not just always on the road
Still I will get lost if you get lost with me too
I won't go back if you don't want me to
And we can set the world to rights before sunrise
I will get lost
It's nice to feel the passion burning like it used to
Makes a change from all the self indulgent despair
Time has come to make a change
To walk instead of asking to be carried
Still I will get lost if you get lost with me too
I won't go back if you don't want me to
And we can set the world to rights before sunrise
I will get lost, I will get lost
Tonight there are only a few cars on the road
I've got a sunset ahead of me and it's calling me on
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Caz Batten Portsmouth, UK
Singer. Songwriter. Teacher.
Loves guitars, pjs, tequila sunrise, shiny things, crime
fiction, American tv, the sea, cider, Paris, red wine, and snowglobes.
South London born, Southsea based.
Can currently be found buried in marking and mountains of paperwork.
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This man is just wonderfully talented and humble. He plays all the instruments himself and is the wizard behind my most recent EP. GO. LISTEN. NOW!
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