Tar

from If Only by Lilac Queen

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lyrics

why are you running away?
why can't you stay?
why are you running away?
why can't you stay?
why are you running away?
why can't you stay?

used all my attention on every detail you ever read
i sat vacantly writing between all of the lines
words fall away like every thread in my spine
i'm haunted by the pipe dreams that put you to sleep

it always feels like you're leaving
it always feels like you're gone
it always feels like you're leaving
it always feels like you're gone

why are you running away?
why can't you stay?
why are you running away?
why can't you stay?
why are you running away?
why can't you stay?

pallets found in our mess
dried from all the things below
a canvas untouched will swallow me
and the nightmares consist of all the ways that you'll leave
well you cradled my thoughts, they were yours to keep

it always feels like you're leaving
it always feels like you're gone
it always feels like you're leaving
it always feels like you're gone

why are you running away?
why can't you stay?

why are you running away?
why can't you stay?
why are you running away?
why can't you stay?
why are you running away?
why can't you stay?

it always feels like you're leaving
it always feels like you're gone
it always feels like you're leaving
it always feels like you're gone

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from If Only, released April 10, 2020

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