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So this is where it ends.
I didn't get to say half the things I wish I did, or express them nearly as articulately as you deserve.

I hope if you recognise your appearance in this song and some of the others in this collection, you'll take it as a compliment, and not hold it against me. After all, you did climb out onto a hot asphalt roof on crutches just to tell me that I was a good enough musician to keep going. You told me I should learn the ukulele, and I did, not for you, but because I was inspired by you. Similarly I didn't write this song or any of these songs for you, but you inspired several of them, and I'm thankful that you were my muse for that period.

I have been told that hearts will always heal, if you're patient and you leave a light on.
My heart may be broken, but my light will never go out.

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I guess some people are just accident prone
The day I met you you were nursing a hand covered in blood
A pack of hungry dogs, a bottle of intimidation
Tobacco smoke and an ill times proposition

But you were my shelter in the storm
And you threw it all away and left me torn
You were my shelter in the storm
But I know you only love me when you need an extra layer to keep you warm

I guess some people are just accident prone
How could anyone else break the same arm three times in a row
And when you hurt your foot I found my Achilles heel
If you're gonna play with demons you've got to seal the deal

But you were my shelter in the storm
And you threw it all away and left me torn
You were my shelter in the storm
But I know you only love me when you need an extra layer to keep you warm

But I still choke on every other face that isn't yours
Trying to occupy my time since I refuse to be ignored
And using karma as my excuse I'll leave a trail of hearts and lies
I'll love everyone but never cut ties
Because this is not a love song
This is a song about addiction
This is not desire it's an unfilled prescription
I wrote you letters that I bet you didn't read
I made little haiku poems about the birds and the bees
But you'll never know you'll never know you'll never know you'll never know you'll never know you'll never know
What nights I spent alone with these dreams

I guess some people are just accident prone
I guess I'm one of them
I guess I probably should have known
Some of us have a knack for injuring ourselves a lot
I'm pretty good at it
And that makes two of us

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from Whatever Souls Are Made Of, released December 13, 2015

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