A semi-cringey existential sadness song I came up with while testing out my new mic setup. 
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Am                D DSus4 D
...Yeah the sunlight/
Am                     D DSus4
  Screams on me today

Am            D
....with the spirits
Am              D DSus4 D
I drown away my shame

Am            D DSus4
    Sighing deeper
With every move her body makes


C/G/D/Am
this year's love
lies tattered up and splayed
on the altar of this mess I made
chasing visions that
led us both astray
divined in past entrails


Yeah The Sunlight 
screams down on you today

    restively
in this bed I made

    I seethe
and everything is to blame

This year's love
lies tattered up and splayed
on the altar of this mess I made
chasing visions that
led us both astray
divined in past entrails

Yeah the sunlight
...
see it fade
...
the sunlight
...
fade

Sunlight Fade

One of my all-time favourite songs, sung with much saudade, and a human with a lovely voice!
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Weary sun, sleep tonight, go crashing into the ocean
Cut the line that ties the tide and moon, ancient and blue
We take our empty hearts and fill them up with broken things
To hang on humming wire like cheap lamps down a dead end street

(Close your weary eyes)
And every time we turn away
(Until the wintertime)
It hits me like a tidal wave
I would change for you
But, babe, that doesn't mean I'm gonna be a better man
Give the ocean what I took from you
So one day you can find it in the sand
And hold it in your hands again

Cold ways kill cool lovers
Strange ways we use each other
Why won't you fall back in love with me?
There ain't no way we're gonna find another
The way we sleep all summer
So why won't you fall back in love with me?

Combing over Broken Cross I held on you
Haunted by the ghost of something new

Curtains fall, fashions fade, an endless summer over
Another tide to launch an autumn moon over the dunes
There must be a better way to pull a whole apart
To keep the world from caving in
Another way to while away from you, frozen and blue

(Close your weary eyes)
And every time we turn away
(Until the wintertime)
It hits me like a tidal wave
I would change for you
But, babe, that doesn't mean I'm gonna be a better man
Give the ocean what I took from you
So one day you can find it in the sand
And hold it in your hands again

Cold ways kill cool lovers
Strange ways we love to suffer
Why won't you fall back in love with me?
There ain't no way we're gonna find another
The way we sleep all summer
So why won't you fall back in love with me?

Why won't you fall back in love with me?
Why won't you fall back in love with me?
Why won't you fall back in love with me?

Sleep All Summer - St Vincent & The National [Rough Cover]

Been on a bit of a nostalgic trip lately - and who else to soothe my aching soul other than the dulcet baritone of Matt. Been humming this song all week, had to rough cover it out.
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[Verse 1]
You keep a lot of secrets
And I keep none
Wish I could go back
And keep some

[Chorus]
You're fireproof
Nothing breaks your heart
You're fireproof
It's just the way you are

[Verse 2]
You tell me you're waiting
To find someone
Who isn't so hopeless
There's no one

[Chorus]
You're fireproof
Nothing breaks your heart
You're fireproof
How'd you get so far?

[Bridge]
You're a needle in the hay
You're the water at the door
You're a million miles away
It doesn't matter anymore
Jennifer, you are not the only reason
My head is boiling and my hands are freezing
Jennifer, you are not the only one
To sit awake until the wild feelings leave you
[Chorus]
You're fireproof
Nothing breaks your heart
You're fireproof
It's just the way you are
You're fireproof
It's what you always say
You're fireproof
I wish I was that way

Fireproof - The National [Rough Cover]

Some weeks can be tough, and here's something quick I came up with in the dark AM for such weeks
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Bm E A F#m

Even though it seems like
Every day is crushing
crumbling reservoirs and
the seattle rain is pouring

Teardrops can form a canyon
in the limestone quarries of your mind
and if you stop to listen
the waterfalls heave with sighs

But time heals all things
as sees the lonely tree up high
once the clouds part the rain
leaves a verdant valley in sight

I want you to know this
that everything will be all right
and in love you can find
the strength to go on fighting this fight

A Short Song for a Rainy Day

Jal - Woh Lamhe [Crude Cover]

Had to put in an Andrew Bird cover sometime. I can't do justice to his songs!
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Lyrics:

My dewy-eyed Disney bride, what has tried
Swapping your blood with formaldehyde?
Monsters?
Whisky-plied voices cried fratricide!
Jesus don't you know that you could've died
(You should've died)
With the monsters that talk, monsters that walk the earth

And she's got red lipstick and a brown pair of shoes
And she's got knee high socks, what to cover a bruise
She's got an old death kit she's been meaning to use
She's got blood in her eyes, in her eyes for you
She's got blood in her eyes for you

Certain fads, stripes and plaids, singles ads
They run you hot and cold like a rheostat, I mean a thermostat
So you bite on a towel
Hope it won't hurt too bad

My dewy-eyed Disney bride, what has tried
Swapping your blood with formaldehyde?
What monsters that talk, monsters that walk the earth

And she says I like long walks and sci-fi movies
You're six foot tall and east coast bred
Some lonely night we can get together
And I'm gonna tie your wrists with leather
And drill a tiny hole into your head
Oh, I'm going to drill a tiny hole into your head.

Andrew Bird - Fake Palindromes [Rough Cover]

A random walk led me to this and I decided to record this on a whim.
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So sweet, so beautiful
Everyday like a queen on her throne
Don't nobody knows how she feels
Aicha, Lady one day it will be real

She moves, she moves like a breeze
I swear I can't get her out of my dreams
To have her shining right here by my side
I'd sacrifice all them tears in my eyes

[Chorus:]
Aicha Aicha - passing me by (there she goes again)
Aicha Aicha - my my my (is it really real)
Aicha Aicha - smile for me now
Aicha Aicha - in my life

[Verse 2]
She holds her child to her heart
Makes her feel like she is blessed from above
Falls asleep underneath her sweet tears
Her lullaby fades away with his fears

[1/2 Chorus]

[Bridge]
She needs somebody to lean on
Someone body, mind & soul
To take her hand, to take her world
And show her the time of her life, so true
Throw the pain away for good
No more contemplating boo

[Verse 3]
Lord knows the way she feels
Everyday in his name she begins
To have her shining right right here by my side
I'd sacrifice all them tears in my eyes
Aicha Aicha - ecoute moi

Aicha - Outlandish [Rough Cover]

While recovering from a cold in the wake of the new year, felt like playing one of my favourite The National songs. This is also the first time I've recorded the guitar and the vocals separately.
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Standing at the punch table swallowing punch
Can't pay attention to the sound of anyone
A little more stupid, a little more scared
Every minute more unprepared

I made a mistake in my life today
Everything I love gets lost in drawers
I want to start over, I want to be winning
Way out of sync from the beginning

I wanna hurry home to you
Put on a slow, dumb show for you and crack you up
So you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
God, I'm very, very frightening, I'll overdo it

Looking for somewhere to stand and stay
I leaned on the wall and the wall leaned away
Can I get a minute of not being nervous
And not thinking of my dick?

My leg is sparkles, my leg is pins
I better get my shit together, better gather my shit in
You could drive a car through my head in five minutes
From one side of it to the other

I wanna hurry home to you
Put on a slow, dumb show for you and crack you up
So you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
God I'm very, very frightening, I'll overdo it

You know I dreamed about you
For 29 years before I saw you
You know I dreamed about you
I missed you for, for 29 years

You know I dreamed about you
For 29 years before I saw you
You know I dreamed about you
I missed you for, for 29 years

Slow Show - The National [Rough Cover]

Just felt like playing one of Sufjan's songs. He's terrific!
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The evil it spread like a fever ahead
It was night when you died, my firefly
What could I have said to raise you from the dead?
Oh could I be the sky on the Fourth of July?

Well you do enough talk
My little hawk, why do you cry?
Tell me what did you learn from the Tillamook burn?
Or the Fourth of July?
We’re all gonna die

Sitting at the bed with the halo at your head
Was it all a disguise, like Junior High
Where everything was fiction, future, and prediction
Now, where am I? My fading supply

Did you get enough love, my little dove
Why do you cry?
And I’m sorry I left, but it was for the best
Though it never felt right
My little Versailles

The hospital asked should the body be cast
Before I say goodbye, my star in the sky
Such a funny thought to wrap you up in cloth
Do you find it all right, my dragonfly?

Shall we look at the moon, my little loon
Why do you cry?
Make the most of your life, while it is rife
While it is light

Well you do enough talk
My little hawk, why do you cry?
Tell me what did you learn from the Tillamook burn?
Or the Fourth of July?
We’re all gonna die

Fourth Of July - Sufjan Stevens [Rough Cover]

Got reminded of the Aashiqui 2 songs, and had to wake up and sing it to get it out of my head, haha. Slightly slow and abridged.
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Tu hi yeh mujhko bata de
Chahoon main ya na
Apne tu dil ka pata de
Chahoon main ya na

Tu hi yeh mujhko bata de
Chahoon main ya na
Apne tu dil ka pata de
Chahoon main ya na

Itna bata doon tujhko
Chahat pe apni mujhko
Yun to nahi ikhtiyaar
Phir bhi yeh socha dil ne
Ab jo laga hoon milne
Poochhoon tujhe ik baar.. o..

Tu hi yeh mujhko bata de
Chahoon main ya na
Hmm.. Apne tu dil ka pata de
Chahoon main ya.. na..

Aisi.. kabhi pehle
Hui na thi khwaahishein
O.. Kisi se bhi milne ki
Na ki thi koshishein..
Uljhan meri suljha de
Chahoon main ya na
Aankhon aankhon mein jataa de
Chahoon main ya na

Chahun Main Ya Naa - Arjit Singh [Rough Cover]

Just got done with a major submission, somehow got reminded of this song the next day - multiobjective functions! I think I am coming down with a cold :/
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Main teri ankhon mein rahata hoon
Tujhey pata na chale
Tere har pal mein guzra hoon
Tujhey pata na chale

Kare to phir kya kare
Tere bin kaise jiye
Ankhon mein pyar liye
Bolo kahan kahan phire?

Khafa to hum bhi hain tum bhi ho
Humein pata na chale
Judayi ka mujhey ghum bhi hai
Koi aesi khata na kare..

Kare to phir kya kare
Tere bin kaise jiye
Ankhon mein pyar liye
Bolo kahan kahan phire?

Sajni paas bulao na
Ki dil aaj tuta hai aaj tuta hai
Saajan maan jao na
Ke woh aaj rutha hai aaj rutha hai
Koi use manae na
Jaane jaan..
Dil tujhey hi chahe na
Hooooo....

Humein dil se bulao na
Yehi ab kehna hai ab kehna hai
Tum paas aao na
Aao naaaaa

Sajni paas bulao na...
Saajan maan jao na...
Sajni paas bulao na...

Sajni paas bulao na
Ki dil aaj rutha hai aaj tuta hai
Saajan maan jao na...

Sajni paas bulao na...
Saajan mana jao na...
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I live in your eyes
and you don't even know
I pass by in every second of yours
and you don't even get to know


Then what I should do
How can I live without you?
Tell me where should the eyes flit to find love?

I am mad, and you are mad too
and we didn't know about it
I am sad too for the separation
I hope no one make this mistake

My lover, call me near you
that my heart is broken today
broken today
my lover, accept it
that it's [my heart] sad today
its sad today
someone please appease it [my heart]
my dear
my heart loves/wants you

oooh ooo ooo ooo oooo oooo 

call for me from the bottom of your heart
that's what I want to say now
want to say now
come near me
come

Sajni - Jal [Cover]

After a marathon marathon weekend, had to take a day off to recoup and recover.
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If I could save time in a bottle
The first thing that I'd like to do
Is to save every day till eternity passes away
Just to spend them with you

If I could make days last forever
If words could make wishes come true
I'd save every day like a treasure and then
Again, I would spend them with you

But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do, once you find them
I've looked around enough to know
That you're the one I want to go through time with

If I had a box just for wishes
And dreams that had never come true
The box would be empty, except for the memory of how
They were answered by you

But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do, once you find them
I've looked around enough to know
That you're the one I want to go through time with

Time In A Bottle - Jim Croce [Rough Cover]

Elliott. There's something about his music that affects me, and reflects me. Decided to pick up the slightly trickier chord progression with this song, and hastily recorded it. Also got a new sound isolation foam thingamajig to put behind the mic, so I experimented with now adding minor reverb.
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You walk down Alameda shuffling your deck of trick cards over everyone
Like some precious only son
Face down, bow to the champion
You walk down Alameda looking at the cracks in the sidewalk, thinking about your friends
How you maintain all them in a constant set of suspense

For your own protection, over their affection
Nobody broke your heart
You broke your own 'cos you can't finish what you start

Walk down Alameda brushing off the nightmares you wish could plague me when I'm awake
So now you see your first mistake was thinking that you could relate
For one or two minutes she liked you
But the fix is in

You're all pretension, I never pay attention
Nobody broke your heart
You broke your own 'cos you can't finish what you start
Nobody broke your heart
You broke your own 'cos you can't finish what you start
Nobody broke your heart
You broke your own 'cos you can't finish what you start
Nobody broke your heart
If you're alone, it must be you that wants to be apart

Alameda - Elliott Smith [Cover]

Got home tipsy, channeled my inner Matt, and belted this out in one go.
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I survived the dinner
And the air went thinner
I retired to the briars by the pool
It gets so loud

If I die this instant
Taken from a distance
They would probably list it down
Among other things 'round town

Got my rings around me
I got baby to pound me
I see stars and go weak
My baby cries and lays me down

In the skies over black Venice
I see eyes of a white menace
The surprise of the week
Is that I never heard the sound

All the L.A. women
Fall asleep while swimmin'
I got paid to fish 'em out
And then one day I lost the job

And I cried a little
I got fried a little
Then she laid her eyes on mine
And she said, "Babe, you're better off"

I got my rings around me
I got baby to pound me
I see stars and go weak
My baby cries and lays me down

In the skies over black Venice
I see eyes of a white menace
The surprise of the week
Is that I never heard the sound

Tunnel vision lights my way
Lead a little life today

As the free-fall advances
I'm the moron who dances
Ah
I was teething on roses
I was in guns and noses
Ah

Under the withering white skies of humiliation
Under the withering white skies of humiliation

Tunnel vision lights my way
Lead a little life today
Tunnel vision lights my way
Lead a little life today

She wore blue velvet
Said she can't help it
She wore blue velvet
Said she can't help it
She wore blue velvet
Said she can't help it

Humiliation - The National [Rough Cover]

New apartment, and new guitar, and I just woke up singing this quavery (ha) but pretty song!
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[Verse 1]
Don't hold back, I want to break free
God is singing through your body
And I'm carried by the sound
Every jump, every single beat
They were born from your body
And I'm carried by the sound

[Chorus]
Oh, ooh love
They'll never break the shape we take
Oh, ooh
Baby let all them voices slip away

[Verse 2]
Don't look back, I want to break free
If you'll never see 'em coming
You'll never have to hide
Take my hand, take my everything
If we only got a moment
Give it to me now

[Chorus]
Oh, ooh love
They'll never break the shape we take
Oh, ooh
Baby let all them voices slip away

[Breakdown]
No caressing, no caressing
No caressing, no caressing

No caressing, no caressing
No caressing, no caressing, no

[Chorus]
Oh, ooh love
They'll never break the shape we take
Oh, ooh, no love
They'll never break the shape we take
Oh, ooh, love love
They'll never break the shape we take
Oh, ooh
Baby let all them voices slip away

Slip Away - Perfume Genius [Rough Cover]

I fell in love with this song, and no amount of my singing can do it justice (It's sublime!), but just felt the urge to pick up the guitar and belt it out, haha. So psyched to see them this weekend!!!
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[Verse 1]
The first time I saw you, you were walking out
I wanted to ask if you could stay
But you were on something with your friends around
There was nothing I could say

[Chorus]
But I'm gonna keep you in love with me for a while
I'm gonna keep you in love with me

[Verse 2]
The next time I saw you, you were breaking down
A million years had gone away
You looked right at me, and I just turned around
There was still nothing I could say

[Chorus]
But I'm gonna keep you in love with me for a while
I'm gonna keep you in love with me
I'm gonna keep you in love with me for a while
I'm gonna keep you in love with me

[Bridge]
I have dreams of anonymous castrati
Singing to us from the trees
I have dreams of a first man and a first lady
Singing to us from the sea

[Chorus]
So I'm gonna keep you in love with me for a while
I'm gonna keep you in love with me
I'm gonna keep you in love with me for a while
I'm gonna keep you in love with me

[Bridge]
I have dreams of anonymous castrati
Singing to us from the trees
I have dreams of a first man and a first lady
Singing to us from the sea

Dark Side Of The Gym - The National [Rough Cover]

It's been a while, and this song just did get stuck in my headspace. Usual flubs abound. Slightly conflicted about the lyrics, but eh, the chorus is where it's at anyway.
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You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar when I met you.
I picked you out, I shook you up 
And turned you around, turned you into someone new.
Now five years later on you've got the world at your feet.
Success has been so easy for you.
But don't forget it's me who put you where you are now,
And I can put you back there too.
Don't, don't you want me?
You know I can't believe it 
When I hear that you won't see me.
Don't, don't you want me?
You know I don't believe you 
When you say that you don't need me.
It's much to late to find 
When you think you've changed your mind.
You'd better change it back or we will both be sorry.
Don't you want me, baby?
Don't you want me, oh?
Don't you want me, baby?
Don't you want me, oh?
I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar,
That much is true.
But even then I knew I'd find a much better place
Either with or without you.
The five years we have had have been such good times,
I still love you.
But now I think it's time I live my life on my own.
I guess it's just what I must do.
Don't, don't you want me?
You know I can't believe it 
When I hear that you won't see me.
Don't, don't you want me?
You know I don't believe you 
When you say that you don't need me.
It's much to late to find 
When you think you've changed your mind.
You'd better change it back or we will both be sorry.
Don't you want me, baby?
Don't you want me, oh?
Don't you want me, baby?
Don't you want me, oh?
Don't you want me, baby?
Don't you want me, oh?
Don't you want me, baby?
Don't you want me, oh?
Don't you want me, baby?
Don't you want me, oh?

Don't You Want Me - Bahamas [Rough Cover]

Finally done with a major life milestone! Woke up after an evening of celebratory libations with this simple wistful song sung into the new mic setup!
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After all isn't it
the time that we make
And all the innocence
we give and we take
I've tried so hard
to be there for you
It seems it may mean
disappearing for you

I don't want to run
I don't want to try to fight it
Every time I try
I find new ways to deny it
I will try my best to
keep my head nice & quiet
for you
I don't want to hide
I don't want to make it right
Anything you're losing
should you really try to find it?
When I'm on my way
I'll keep my feet nice & quiet
for you

[Verse 2]
After all isn't it
the fear that we face
And all the bitterness
we try and erase
All of the reasons
to keep me at bay
are the same reasons
that I should stay

I don't want to run
I don't want to try to fight it
Every time I try
I find new ways to deny it
I will try my best to
keep my head nice & quiet
for you
I don't want to hide
I don't want to make it right
Anything you're losing
should you really try to find it?
When I'm on my way
I'll keep my feet nice & quiet
for you

Nice And Quiet - Bedouine [Cover]

First guest cover of a superlative song with the lovely Jill! First attempt with a two mic setup! First blurb with three excited statements starting with First!
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Years, days, makes no difference to me babe
You look exactly the same to me
Ain’t no time, crossing your legs inside the diner
Raising your coffee to your lips, the steam

You saw the masterpiece, she looks a lot like you
Wrapping her left arm around your right
Ready to walk you through the night

You whisper to a restless ear, “can you get me out of here?
This place smells like piss and beer, can you get me out?”
You were asking me, how to get you free
I only know the recipe to roam

You saw the masterpiece, she looks a lot like you
Wrapping her left arm around your right
Ready to walk you through the night

Old stars
Filling up my throat
You gave em to me when I was born
Now they’re coming out
Laying there on the hospital bed your eyes were narrow, blue and red
You took a draw of breath and said to me

You saw the masterpiece, she looks a lot like me
Wrapping my left arm round your right
Ready to walk you through the night

Old friends, old mothers, dogs and brothers
There’s only so much letting go you can ask someone to do
So I keep you by my side, I will not give you to the tide
I'll even walk you in my stride, Marie

Cause I saw the masterpiece, she looks a lot like you
Wrapping your left arm round my right
Ready to walk me through the night

Masterpiece - Big Thief [Cover]

Wistful Summer day reminded me of In The Mood For Love, and this song. Did I do justice to the song? Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps.
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Siempre que te pregunto
Que cuándo, cómo y dónde
Tú siempre me respondes
Quizás, quizás, quizás

Y así pasan los días
Y yo desesperado
Y tú, tú, contestando
Quizás, quizás, quizás

Estás perdiendo el tiempo
Pensando, pensando
Por lo que más tú quieras
Hasta cuándo, hasta cuándo

Y así pasan los días
Y yo desesperado
Y tú, tú contestando
Quizás, quizás, quizás

Y así pasan los días
Y yo desesperado
Y tú, tú contestando
Quizás, quizás, quizás

Quizás Quizás Quizás - Nat King Cole [Rough Cover]

A track three years in the making ft. a formerly depressed PhD student and a currently depressed(?) one.
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Another e-mail
The darkness envelops it
My head is spinning
and Doubts are creeping
I try to find it
But its always fleeting
When was that deadline --
Oh Is that my hand burning?

I'm feeling...feeling blue
Paced the morass and I  
Don't know what else to do

This sisyphean outlook
dominates my view
I'm feeling....feeling blue.

PhD Blues - The Fraughty Loops

Found a quick youtube tutorial and learnt how to play this classic simple melody!

Malaguena - Misc. Instrumental

Woke up humming this and seeing how we're all locked up in our little cages, physical and metaphorical, surrounded by disappointments big and small, and that I had never covered this beautiful heartbreaking song, picked up the guitar and sang this out in one go. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ C'est La Vie, indeed.
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I wrote all night
Like the fire of my words could burn a hole up to heaven
I don't write all night burning holes up to heaven no more
I stood out in the rain
Like the rain might come and wash my eyes clean
I don't stand out in the rain to have my eyes washed clean no more

"C'est la vie" she say
But I don't know what she means
I say "Love, easy, hey come to me"
"C'est la vie" she say
But I don't know what that means
I say "alright, well C'est la vie"

I stood out in the night, in an empty field and I called your name
I don't stand out all night in empty fields
And call your name no more
I waited for days for your voice to answer to me
I don't wait up for days for your voice to answer to me no more

"C'est la vie" they say
But I don't know what they mean
I say "love's easy if you let it be"
"C'est la vie" they say
But I don't know what that means
I say "alright, well, C'est la vie"
I say "alright, honey, C'est la vie"
Ain't that just how it goes, honey, C'est la vie

C'est La Vie No. 2 - Phosphorescent [Rough Cover]

Woke up humming this beautiful wistful new song released by The Antlers - also first song from new apartment!
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[Verse 1]
There's a point, way out, past the present tense
Where our weeks away make a lot less sense
But for now, we work with our time apart
With a tired mind, with a hungry heart

[Chorus]
For when your wheels roll home
When your wheels roll home
When your wheels roll home
No more you roam

For when your wheels roll home
When your wheels roll home
When your wheels roll home
No more you roam

[Verse 2]
Don’t go before you leave
Every second we got, we gotta make believe
That you’ll be right back like you never left
Like you mailеd yourself to your return address
In a sеlf-stamped envelope
You’ll revolve ‘round the globe

[Chorus]
But when your wheels roll home
When your wheels roll home
When your wheels roll home
No more you roam

When your wheels roll home
When your wheels roll home
When your wheels roll home
No more you roam

Wheels Roll Home - The Antlers [Rough Cover]

Sometimes I get obsessed with a song, and then I end up waking up and haphazardly covering it...

[Rough Covers] are songs recorded at the spur of the moment (and don't often sound nice), [Covers] generally have a couple of practice runs done for them.

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