It's been so long since I've seen or heard from you
But maybe you're too scared that I'll never want to

It's all my fault. Seems it always is
But you're a barren dream and I'm a weak wrist

You're my own shame
Haunting my dreams

father

Open your arms to the sound
In your frustrations or never found
A crowded mouth with rows of teeth
Moving in patterns as words you can’t speak
Foreign flower is a voice to ignore
Light will devour or please close the door

It’s in this town
It’s all around
Head’s in a dream
Lie on the floor 
With your ear to the ground
Alive with the sound
Arm like a tree 
When the leaves are moving along
In time with a song
Hand to the wind
Now you’re free to run


dream

A song that Devendra Banhart played on his album "Niño Rojo." Written by Ella Jenkins.

wake up, little sparrow (e. jenkins)

I am under
I am down
Keep me under 
Until I drown in you

I am ugly 
Around you
In the nighttime
I see nothing but you
All I see is you

Can you hear me
On the ground
Under water
Lose the sounds of you

And it’s all on you


weight

My friend Raj Trivedi (aka Old Time Radio) wrote this song.

end sinister (r.trivedi)

it's getting pretty late
she's looking for a long night
and if he comes out, that's great
she'll make time for a faint smile

love will bloom like wasted youth
a lonely soul will take control

he's feeling out of place
and thinking, "it's way too dark outside"
but if she might show her face
he'll spend forever in her soft eyes

love will bloom like wasted youth
a lonely soul will take control

your tortured heart will split apart

i'll stop bothering you

Forget it
You're giving up on me
If you leave, well, you know it's wrong
There's nothing more to say

So be it
You're all alone again
With your memories of everyone
So far from all you know

Forgive me
You'll never want to change
I won't beg you. Not anymore
You're so set in your ways

Run away
From the living
You're too scared
Of your beating heart

listen to me

I’ve seen many things
And yet, not enough
The whole world is blue and green
And many extraordinary things
But none so beautiful as what could be
You & me


I am too late
Always
And if I walk too far
And if I don’t turn around
I might miss you

I am too late 
Always
And if I say too much
And if I stop to catch my breath
I might miss you

I am too late
Always
And if I stare too long
And if I dare close these eyes
I might miss you

I am too late
Always

need more

Tommy,
Where you going to
Tommy, 
I miss you

Dear brother
I know we’ll meet again
So strange the way we live
Without you, my friend
We are but two of three
Alone for now
Just Jim and me

Tommy,
You’re the black sheep
The only friend I care to keep


tommy

oh baby, i'm afraid
i'm afraid of you
i don't know what to say
and i don't know what to do

oh honey, i don't know
i don't know anything
when you get close to me
i forget what's in my brain

i wish i was more brave
confident and charming
wish you liked me all the same
but that's okay
because i'm stupid
and you're not

stupid

Oh my god 
I think my hands are getting shaky again
I’m walking down the street 
And coming up your stairs
I’m walking through your door
I see you waiting there

Ain’t it weird
I think I’m at a loss for words again
I think you’re cool 
And I think you’re great
And I think you’re wonderful
I think you’re quite alright

In the strawberry sun of my mind
I’ll be hanging out like- all of the time
With your strawberry hair
And your eyes, blueberry skies
And your cheeks just like a rose
Kissed by the light

I know I’m crazy
But girl you know it ain’t that bad
Don’t hardly know me, girl
But I don’t think it’s all so sad
And I don’t mind if you don’t mind
And if you do, I’ll just do my time


young friend

I want you buried in my garden
I want to lose the memory of you
And your pictures too
Might they fade away

I want to be your selfish lover
I want to keep you buried deep
Beneath the lights
Hidden out of sight
Ever far away

I want you in my bed of flowers
I want to know that you’re still here with me
Because we’ll never be
Like those days away

I want to be enslaved
I want to be consumed
And never found
Only thoughts abound
When you look away

Everything feels the same
Before the lights turn down
Until I see your face again
Obscured, unsound

keepsake

Foreign Flower is the solo project of Allan Cardenas, a singer/songwriter from Chicago, Illinois. Taking the philosophy that you should write about what you know, Foreign Flower’s music draws on feelings of loneliness and a desire to have a higher understanding of everything or to be a part of everything.

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