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Breathe Me In
03:49
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Take a second to breathe...
[Verse 1]
A California dream come true
A healing stone you kept from view
I gave and gave to you and never grew
The day that you discarded me
I heaved a sigh of sweet relief
You taught how to ask for what I need
[Chorus]
Take a second to breathe me in
Breathe me into your body, into your soul
I don't want you to speak to me with words
Listen with your feelings
I'm more than what you see
Take a second to center me
[Verse 2]
You would have me believe that you happened to be at my favorite spot
Trying to claim my time and pick up where we left off
Only talking about yourself, talking about your problems
Talking about the people who always seem to cause them
I got it then, and I get it now
You can't care; you can't be bothered to
[Chorus]
Take a second to breathe me in
Breathe me into your body, into your soul
I don't want you to speak to me with words
Listen with your feelings
I'm more than what you see
Take a second to center me
[Bridge]
Breathe, breathe, breathe
[Outro]
You taught me how to ask for, ask for what I need
Now I'm going to ask you learn to center me
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Castles 2.0
03:57
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[Verse 1]
I tried and I tried
To keep it all the same
There's only one thing that I know is sure
Everything will change, everything will change
It's time to flow in different ways
Time to open all my shades
Time to strip off all my shame
To embrace the change
[Chorus]
We keep on building (keep on building)
We shed our skin and leave it in the past (shed our skin and leave it in the past)
The tide glissandos (tide glissandos)
To embrace all of our castles in the sand (embrace all of our castles in the sand)
[Verse 2]
I tried and I tried
To ignore the pain
I always feel I'm running out of time
But it's not too late to change
My heart won't go on endlessly
But until my heart takes its last beat
My bittersweet symphony
Will never be complete
[Chorus]
We keep on building (keep on building)
We shed our skin and leave it in the past (shed our skin and leave it in the past)
The tide glissandos (tide glissandos)
To embrace all of our castles in the sand (embrace all of our castles in the sand)
[Outro]
Castles, castles, we're castles in the sand
Castles, castles, we're castles in the sand
Castles, castles, we're castles in the sand
Castles, castles, we're castles in the sand
Yes, we keep building (in the sand)
Yes, we keep building something new
Yes, we keep building something new
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Wanderer
04:10
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[Verse 1]
Wanderer, you had the night all to yourself again (wanderer)
Then I found the bottle with the message you had sent (then I found)
To no one in particular No one who was me
Your loneliness washed on the shore It grabbed me by my feet
[Chorus]
Gaze into my stormy eyes
Stay awhile
Build a shelter with my inner child
If you're you're scared, and lost at sea
Sing along with me
Let me hear that harmony
[Verse 2]
Meet me at that shore
Where you first devoured me whole
Let your floodgates go
Drown my world in your sorrow
Oceans made of nebulae
Pouring from your deep brown eyes
Soaring through a cobalt sky
Above troubled waters, I go high and high
[Chorus]
Gaze into my starry eyes
And stay awhile
Build a shelter with my inner child
Slip inside my moonlit dreams
Sing along with me
Let me hear that harmony
[Bridge]
To think they told me to be tough
To rid my life of tenderness
Told me to stop thinking so much
Suppress my imagination
You teach me hope; you teach me grace
I lift you up; I keep you safe
Let us be gentle, let's be open
To the wonders we could show them
[Chorus]
Gaze into my stormy eyes
Oh stay awhile
Build a shelter with my inner child
If you're you're scared, and lost at sea
Sing along with me
Let me hear that harmony
[Outro]
Wanderer, come home to me
Wanderer, come home to me
Wanderer, come home to me
Wanderer, come home to me
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Endless Wonder
03:59
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[Verse 1]
I ride high; I roam free, enjoying my own company
I walk any path I please; my intuition takes the lead
I embrace the stubborn heat; jasmine lingers in the breeze
I drape myself in Summer green, writing you this melody
The smell of you holds onto me
[Chorus]
You dive into my tangled maze
I fall into your warm embrace
We crown ourselves in blooms of lazy Summer
When I know the end has come
We plant a seed; we start again
To be in love with you is endless wonder
[Verse 2]
Couldn’t bare the thought of any time apart was in no rush to leave
But two bodies orbiting too close together spells catastrophe
So I take the time I need
My fingers brush these emerald leaves
I sing out into the canopy
My special melody
[Chorus]
You dive into my tangled maze
I fall into your warm embrace
We crown ourselves in blooms of lazy Summer
When I know the end has come
We plant a seed; we start again
To be in love with you is endless wonder
[Bridge]
Looking out across your skin
Dancing this routine again
Round and round and round I go
Keep it up says my ego
Spinning through your atmosphere
Can’t slow down, I’m gaining speed
Catch me in your warm embrace
Hold me in this wondrous place
chorus
[Chorus]
You dive into my tangled maze
I fall into your warm embrace
We crown ourselves in blooms of lazy Summer
The seeds we plant will grow to be
A field of flowers, a sanctuary
A forest filled with love and endless wonder
Endless wonder...
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Forever
04:11
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[Verse 1]
I’ve been feeling that I am running out of time
But when you hold me, all those thoughts go from my mind
I choose to believe that you want more
[Refrain]
I can't talk about the future
All I can give you is right now
I can’t promise that the stars will shine forever
But I’ll cherish all the memories we make together
[Chorus]
Let me be
Lay with me
Set me free
Stay with me
I am yours and you are mine
You are yours and I am mine
When I feel you light, I feel alive
We are frozen in time
[Verse 2]
Shades of honey bathing in the soft moonlight
Running my fingers through your hair and down your spine
And the taste of you is making crazy
I am off the deep end; I am so high
And I try to do it right, to balance body, heart, and mind
I can't give it all away to you, I need something that is min…
[Chorus]
Let me be
Lay with me
Set me free
Stay with me
I am yours, and you are mine
You are yours, and I am mine
When I feel you light, I feel alive
We are frozen in time
[Bridge]
Frozen in time (let me be, let me be, lay with me, lay with me)
Yes, we are (set me free, set me free)
Yes we are (stay with me, stay with me)
[Refrain]
I can't talk about the future
All I can give you is right now
I can’t promise that the stars will shine forever
But I’ll cherish all the memories we make together
[Outro]
They won’t shine forever
But we’ll be together
Stay with me right now
They won’t shine forever
But we’ll be together
Stay with me right now
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Uliya Houston, Texas
Uliya's influenced by heavy rain; colors like cobalt blue; their healing journey; artistic comrades; diaspora; the
inevitability of change; and fluidity.
They create from their digital home, monsoon dreaming. They hope you keep in touch by visiting www.uliyx.xyz and subscribing to their newsletter.
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