The veil was kind when it covered the fire,
But knowledge pulled closer, and burned my desire.

Each secret unwrapped was a weight on my chest,
Truth is no mercy, it steals away rest.

The deeper the river, the darker it runs,
No comfort is found in the glare of its suns.

I reached for the wisdom, it cut like a blade—
A garden of silence I wish had remained.

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A Garden of Silence

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Wedding Day

[Verse 1]
There’s a man on the corner with a jacket too big,
Counting the cracks like they’re notes on a grid.
He talks to the air like it’s something he trusts,
And the silence replies with a layer of dust.
“I’m not crazy, I’d rather be dead,”
The man said sternly to the voice in his head.
But the words fall flat, like a song out of tune,
While the sky hums softly with a paper-thin moon.

[Chorus]
And I just watch him fade into the streetlight glow,
Carrying a secret only he could know.
If he’s lost, then he hides it in the fold of his smile,
Walking with the madness like a friend for a while.

[Verse 2]
He folds paper birds out of receipts in his hands,
Lets them all fly where the lamppost stands.
The world keeps spinning, but he stands still,
Wrapped in a blanket that the night can’t fill.
And when he laughs, it’s a fragile sound,
Like glass in the wind, falling down, down, down.
But he catches himself with a shake of his head,
Repeats that same phrase he already said.

[Chorus 2]
And I just watch him fade into the streetlight glow,
Carrying a secret only he could know.
If he’s lost, then he hides in the hum of the night,
Holding hands with madness till the morning light.

[Bridge]
Maybe he’s broken, maybe he’s free,
Maybe he’s something I wish I could be.
Dancing with shadows, refusing the cure,
He says he’s not crazy—
But I’m not so sure.

[Final Chorus] 
And I just watch him fade into the streetlight glow,
Carrying a secret only he could know.
If he’s gone, then he’s found in a world of his own,
Building quiet kingdoms where he’s never alone.

Paper Birds (feat. Nostalgia Boy)

Notice

"how to pretend" is an 6 track ep, which we put together in memory of a friend, who took her life. how to pretend, refers to the feeling of having to pretend you're something you're not. hopefully, you relate.

stranded

V1 
And life all just play pretend 
And I believe my dreams are real, still 
Playing over tapes in my mind 
and reality’s the case behind

If life is all just one quest to align  
I’m drawing lines around water lines 
So many other possibilities 
and it all begins to make sense to me 

Ch1
Once I’m in safe arms
I don’t need an alarm
Just let me open 
it's all in my head 
Until you see just what I said 
Slowly unfolding 

V2 
If life is more than just space and time 
Then I guess I’m not falling too far behind 
Too many unknown callers on the line 
And they’re intense with their two cents
When they haven’t even tried
Said we can all play pretend, it just a frame of mind 

Ch2
Once I’m in safe arms
I don’t need an alarm
Just let me open 
It's all in my head 
Until you see just what I said 
Slowly unfolding 

Outro 
Hey, hey
Do you really want to stay here? 
Don’t you know you can play here

Play Pretend

When flooded out
When you flood it out, so miserable
Trauma shocks the brain
As I run away

Ever since I was a kid
Wolves circled my head
Darkness encircles it
False bottoms within

When the lungs run out
Of oxygen, understandable
And the silhouette
Stops swimming

There's no one out
Hide the lights
The Culm Measures speaking to me like a murder 
Long since forgotten about





Culm Measures

numb

Carolina

jus wanna go

All my old friends are going down
They all live in the same town
I just keep going around 
Right now I'm in Greece, lived in Miami

Keep on 
Traveling 
I'll keep on 
Running 
From what yet I still don't know 

But within these songs, somewhere it'll be wrote

All my x2 
Old friends 
All my, oh my
Old friends 
Sienna Plantation 
All my x2 
Old friends 

My old friends don't talk to me
That is my choice, don't want to be friendly
Sick and tired of going to sleep with the same mind as everybody

All my x2 
Old friends 
All my, oh my
Old friends 
Sienna Plantation 
All my x2 
Old friends

Sienna Plantation
They all live in 
All my oh my old friends
Sienna Plantation



Hope you love this one as much as I do babes!! Wrote & recorded this my first month in Greece over a beat produced by Dan Darmawan. Honestly, I have no idea where "all my old friends" are & I know for a fact a lot of them did travel from hometown to go to college. Please, nobody take this song personally. I was just writing, and I really love this song. I've been wanting to post it since it finished, so yes had to clip the whole front intro off but wtvr here is a song you almost never heard & it's one of my top favorites so far <3 !!!!!!!!
[P.S. - Whether or not you go to college/ move from your hometown is completely your business! I understand everyone has different circumstances and obligations. It's your life, live it however you do; nobody else's opinion matters more than your own unless you belong behind bars or in an insane asylum. I don't want anyone to ever feel judged by this song because it doesn't shine light on/ reflect people who didn't have another option/ desired something else!]

jus wanna go

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