SOUND OF ERASING

we were baptized in the ocean
to the sound of us erasing
all the demons that were chasing us
drown them out out out out out

oh i wish i was a planet
with a forest full of answers
but instead i'm just a human
freaking out out out out out

i won't let you worry now
don't take me off this cloud

this is the sound of us erasing
this is the sound of a
wa-a-a-a-a-ave
take us away-ay-ay-ay-ay
this is the sound of a
wa-a-a-a-a-ave
take us away-ay-ay-ay-ay

i thought you were a dancer
so fuck your inhibitions
here's a better answer
drown em out out out out out

here's the sound of starting over
it's an ocean full of cold
or maybe just a cormorant
calling out out out out out

i won't let you worry now
don't take me off this cloud
don't take me off this cloud

this is the sound of us erasing
this is the sound of a
wa-a-a-a-a-ave
take us away-ay-ay-ay-ay
this is the sound of a
wa-a-a-a-a-ave
take us away-ay-ay-ay-ay


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    According to Kalmia Traver on their Tinydesk concert the song is about "skinny-dipping your pain away."

    lose311on April 19, 2015   Link

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