Friendship & The Fever

from Romantic Americana by Holden Laurence

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The ghosts of who we were and what we've seen
Pass like shadows all around me
And when the sun goes down they come around
And tease our children when they're sleeping
Their eyes are covered still with blackened veil
Like the shade of heavy oak trees
And they don't understand the greater plan
How the world is ever changing

Friends in fever dreams can't take the heat
They will melt into each other
Like snow melts into rain- it's all the same
When it covers one another, I know

We met with tender skin- born again
Sweetly singing blessings
Of rhymes and nameless tunes and cherry blooms
Our bodies tight and pressing
At the fair behind the school- a kissing booth
Where every kiss will cost you something
And still we tried to fill the empty rooms
With every single heartbeat

Friends in fever dreams can't take the heat
They will melt into each other
Like snow melts into rain- it's all the same
When it covers one another, I know

Sound the chapel bell, no chance in hell
That I'll love another lady
If I should fall behind don't pay no mind
Just go ahead without me
And I don't know how it came to be and that you and me
Were caught up in a fever
Just like a polaroid of a girl and boy
We were melted there forever

Friends in fever dreams can't take the heat
They will melt into each other
Like snow melts into rain- it's all the same
When it covers one another, I know

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from Romantic Americana, released November 11, 2014
© Holden Laurence 2014
© Romantic Americana Publishing 2014

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

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