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Hiding Places
02:34
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I think i’m done with my hiding places
traded my hollows for open spaces
traded myself for a willing replacement
so something stays hiding in the back of the basement
never a moment to spare in the cold months
I think i’m tired of getting my coat on
heading out crying in the arms of the pale sun
just to return when it goes like the ocean
remember the water when i was a new star?
leaning out the passenger seat of your used car?
I don’t know how it was so rich and so warm
outer space and safe from the snow storm
remember the air back when i was a chrysalis?
wearing the dress that i got for Christmas
heading out crying in the heat of July
just to burn in the arms of the moon in the warm sky
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First Time Again
03:30
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I met you once, do you remember?
you found me waiting by the door
I’d been front and center on the floor
pretending you looked at me as you performed
I met you once, do you remember?
I asked how it felt to be onstage
name-dropped the song I wished you’d played
(I would have killed me at that age)
knowing I was on your mind
for a second while I held your eyes
I tried to memorize every word you said that night
I met you once, do you remember?
I’m sorry for the way I acted then
I didn’t even see you as a person
just another story to impress my friends
wish I could do the first time again
wish I could do the first time again
wish I could do the first time again
wish I could do the first time again
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Finish Line
04:58
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someone on my street smokes on the steps
theres a tray with the ghosts of cigarettes
they’re never out when I walk by
just a shape in the back or a hole in the blinds
I don’t know why this is on my mind
but I look for it every time
ooo...
someone in the car is yelling loud
shes got a phone but no one else around
and there’s a dog in the backseat getting by
a look on his face like he wishes he could cry
I guess this is his whole life
and she misses the moment every time
ooo.....
someone in your phone is taking my place
she’s got a way with words and an open face
and there’s no race I can run this time
her mark on your page erases mine
she’s already at the finish line
and I missed every moment and every sign
there’s no one else in the world I’d rather say this to
don’t walk away, I need you
there’s no one else in the world I’d rather say this to
don’t walk away I need you
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Lily Porter Wright Providence, Rhode Island
Rhode Island-based singer-songwriter
photo by Anne-Marie Kildron
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