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from Love Songs For The End Of The World by Jamie Hamilton

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They moved the mines
To the office blocks, the shops and bars,
& I'm forever trying to be somewhere else.

You say,
"Suit up baby,
We've got money to make.
Suit up baby,
Suit up baby,
We're 2 laps behind our friends."

Payslip plans
In pale white hands.
We've got hours to sleep
But forgot how to dream.

So I say,
"Slow down baby,
We've got people to be.
Slow down baby,
Slow down baby,
You're 2 miles ahead of me."

You make too many rules, love,
I'm gonna make you break them all.
So stop drawing maps
Because you were never lost.
Just bring yourself over here,
& I'll bring you luck.
I'll swear to be different,
While you tell me I'm not.

Tie our desks
Around our necks,
They can keep us warm
As the sun sets.

So I say,
"Lie back baby,
We've got things to forget.
Lie back baby,
Lie back baby,
It's safer inside our heads."

You make too many rules, love,
I'm gonna make you break them all.
So stop drawing maps
Because you were never lost.
Just bring yourself over here,
& I'll bring you luck.
I'll swear to be different,
While you tell me I'm not.

We're just swinging through the seasons now.
Hanging on a summer we can hijack,
& fly into the ocean.

They moved the mines
To the office blocks, the shops and bars,
& I'm forever trying to be someone else.

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from Love Songs For The End Of The World, released May 17, 2019

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