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Dandelion

from Dandelion by The Cottonwood Shivers

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you start out young, full of life
all you see is new and bright
you make your way, you make some friends
you meet some hearts that break
and some that mend
it feels like it’ll never end

you try hard and someone sees you
maybe they cage you, maybe they free you
and going through it you lose something
you say it’s OK, you’ll find it again

then you spend
the next while searching
in the dark and in the light
you look through eyes and blank pages
in good times and dark places
you never went
and it looks like it’ll never end

learning to live with your loss
maybe there’s someone you come across who feels the same
you talk about the times before

singing to yourself in quiet moments
you try to be you, try to open up
making things that have no weight
doing things that you hate

maybe one day the ice just breaks
between you and the friend you made
+ you tell them
it’s empty nothing’s coming out
I’m crying but I don’t know what about
you ask them
will it ever end?

and on your knees, heads together
they tell you it feels like forever
for them too, they show you who
they think you are
you smile like seeing from afar
an old friend
you thought you’d never see again

standing up you shed your skin
like a coat you didn’t know you were living in
faces you were trying to be
beliefs you accidentally were holding

now with nothing to your name
too old an age and memories of pain
you wake up right where you are at
and tell yourself at least you have one good friend
you hope it’ll never end

the days are young and full of life
you don’t let any pass you by
without a kiss, you don’t know who you are
but you can blow a wish
on a dandelion’s head
a wish that it’ll never end

and the pain is real and heaviness
and the lightness inside every breath
and here I am, writing this
wanting to send you a wish darling
I wish that you would be my friend
and that it’ll never end

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from Dandelion, released January 9, 2023

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