Skylark Interabang

Made in Heights

Flying through the open door, ooh
I didn't mean to get so carried away
Showed you mine, now show me yours, ooh
I didn't mean to get so carried away

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

An empty glass on my right with the windows drawn
Move as tight as the pillow that I dream upon
Ah ah ah ah (Mean to get so carried away)

And my shoulders they lean on the backseat
Pursue the night, like a ghost with a history
Ah ah ah ah (Mean to get so carried away)

Call you up, on my celly, just to hold me down
Tiny knots in my belly when you come around
Ah ah ah ah (Mean to get so carried away)

Ah ah ah ah

Keeping track the time and the scenery
The time with that with that
Keeping track time and that
The scenery the time the time with that

Keeping track of the time and the scenery
Shifting gears in my mind like machinery

Keeping track of the time, the scenery
Shifting gears in my mind like machinery

Flying through the open door
(Didn't mean to get so carried away)
Oh, I didn't mean to get so carried away

Ooooh, oooh, ooooh
(I didn't, I didn't, I didn't)


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    Memory

    Meeting someone the first time. All those firsts. Waiting impatiently for them to arrive.

    You have shown your cards... and are now alone with just your thoughts. Riding the taxi alone chasing the night with someone still in your mind. Talking to them to keep you grounded, yet you still fly away, just now alone.

    Time was meaningless with them, now every second counts without them. Every block you would pass unnoticed is now there, every step seems to have less meaning but is still heavy.

    A change in consciousness is needed. Then you can fly right through that door once again, it's still open...

    tonyMEGAon October 15, 2013   Link

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