Song For The Delayed Starling

from In The Aftermath by OS

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lyrics

They ask me:
“Why can you love so hard
If you don’t know what love is all about?
Remember we’re years ahead
And you’ve only just begun”

I know I’m alien to the storm
But you’re my brethren, not my foe
Must I then emboss it on my reverent bow?

Every hallway hides a ghost
But no, I don’t think I’m going to fall
“Listen: love is what you chip in for to be cruel”

When I was nine I wasn’t critical, not at all.
When I was nine tomorrow was defined
And for every wound I had a name
“Love is what you chip in for to be cruel”

Sing it altogether
Say it loud as ever
Mean it for forever

A clover asking heaven:
“Stay injuries forever?”
On a mattress to Australia
Blending alone with the blue…

Tattooed those mantras, I’m no joke
I’m a riveting cobblestone
Our plasticine parade of circumstances seems enough

Shallow waters are no more
A mesmerizing platform
Just a hydrophilic comeuppance
Of what I’m going to be

Detrimental depth will pay off
No, I don’t think you’ll break my fall
“Listen to my words, ‘cause they come with truth”

Then I grew up, my speaker vaporised in the crowd
Then I grew up refusing to grow up
And for every wrong I had to pay
Love is what I chipped in for to be cruel

That horse is weak as far as I’m told
Born the zealous kind, I prepare for the ride

Love is cruel, I reckon
Tortuous and dishevelled
This I will remember:

Love is what you chip in for to be cruel
Love is what I chipped in for to be cruel
Love is that I’ll hardly learn to hold

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from In The Aftermath, released May 30, 2017

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