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Floating, Drifting

by Holden Laurence

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1.
It comes with a whimper The end is so much simpler than our dreams The quiet and unholy unresolved final scene It comes with an aching The swift and sudden breaking of our minds The love that goes before us and the love that stays behind I, I don’t wanna be born again I, I don’t wanna be born again, I don’t wanna be born again I don’t wanna be born… again It comes with a freedom The true and tragic treason of our hearts To know the ending of this sweet charade before it starts I, I don’t wanna be born again I, I don’t wanna be born again, I don’t wanna be born again I don’t wanna be born… again Let me down easy, let me down easy Let me down easy, let me down easy Let me down easy, let me down easy Ah, don’t let me down The quiet and unholy unresolved The quiet and unholy unresolved
2.
Staring at the hollow sky – pale blue and gray The skyline in the city lights taunting unafraid Defiant in its decadence, sinful in its sweet A ritual parade of passions pounding to the beat She breaks for the horizon line, panting in the heat Fleeing from the symmetry, all the white lines in the street Her thoughts are dizzy, dancing wild, spinning in the sun Floating in the fragrant wind of memories and dust Memories and dust Memories and dust Vultures spinning overhead, she stumbles to the dirt Waiting patient in the wind, she surrenders to the earth They sink their claws into the flesh, so innocent and young Fading to the emptiness of memories and dust Memories and dust Memories and dust Memories and dust Memories and dust
3.
Crows floated high above my head Broken bones and bleeding hope – so eager for the scent Fear brought my body to its knees War parades and slavery chains as silent as the breeze War parades and slavery chains as silent as the breeze But in my dreams – peaceful as the open sea Floating, drifting aimlessly Floating, drifting aimlessly Lies spread like cancer in my brain Taught my sons that the different ones are the source of all my pain Rage like a tantrum from a child Reminds me that our innocence is nothing more than pride Reminds me that my innocence is nothing more than pride But in my dreams – peaceful as the open sea Floating, drifting aimlessly Floating, drifting aimlessly Floating, drifting aimlessly, aimlessly But in my dreams – peaceful as the open sea Floating, drifting aimlessly Floating, drifting aimlessly Floating, drifting aimlessly
4.
Awakening 03:48
Breathe in, deeply, until it stings Like the last breath of a New Year’s Eve Tethered to the same old fears The saltwater stain of a stone cold tear Breathe in, deeply, until it stings Like the first kiss of the blissfully young The first hit of the blissfully numb Awakening to the dying dawn I’m ready for the rivers to run Ready for the rivers to run, ah-ah Breathe in, deeply, until it stings Like the bone ache of a coming rain The blue-gray of a burgeoning spring The washing away of everything I’m ready for the rivers to run Ready for the rivers to run, ah-ah I’m ready for the rivers to run Ready for the rivers to run, ah-ah Ready for the rivers to run Rotting from the inside out Ready for the rivers to run Rotting from the inside out Ready for the rivers to run Rotting from the inside out Rotting from the inside out
5.
She dances alone in the shadow of Freedom Blue-light bonfires of plastic and glass Softly she spins as the summer begins And the West World collapses in a beautiful mess The West World collapses in a beautiful mess She dances alone in abandoned arcades Holes in her shoes and a secondhand dress Softly she sways in an elegant way As the ceiling collapses in a beautiful mess The ceiling collapses in a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful The absence of hope and the stale smell of love Both rotting, forgotten in the quick of the night The ghosts of our children – The Last Generation Dissolve and disperse into beautiful light Dissolve and disperse into beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful Into beautiful light, ah Into beautiful light Into beautiful light, beautiful light Into beautiful light, beautiful light Into beautiful light
6.
Cough up the smoke from deep within my lungs Anarchist fire that sits on the tip of my tongue It's been years since I've seen the sun My body is bruised and bleeding for love But I know the end The end will come, ah-ah, ah-ah The end will come, ah-ah, ah-ah Bullets and bombshells, screams and scars The innocent young whose names are burned on my heart It's been years since I've seen the stars My body is bruised and falling apart But I know the end The end will come, ah-ah, ah-ah The end will come, ah-ah, ah-ah The end will come, ah-ah, ah-ah The end will come, ah-ah, ah-ah The end will come, ah-ah, ah-ah

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released October 1, 2021

Lyrics and Music by Holden Laurence

Holden Laurence: Bass / Guitars / Synths / Vocals
Mark Soriano: Drums

© 2021 Holden Laurence
℗ 2021 Romantic Americana Publishing (ASCAP)

Produced by Holden Laurence
Mixed by Shane Olivo at Shane Olivo Audio 
Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music
Artwork by Matthew Childers

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"Blends Mope-rock, Post-punk, & New Wave deftly with bittersweet tone & cinematic delivery." - Cleveland Scene

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