Sometimes I wonder how many versions of ourselves we leave behind with a single decision. There's one version of me I think about more than I'd like to admit. I don't know who she became, where she lives, or whether she would've been happier... but somehow, she feels familiar.
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The River Away From You came from that strange feeling. Not really wanting to undo the past, but quietly wondering about the person I might have become if, at one particular moment, I'd chosen differently. I guess some decisions don't disappear once we make them. We just learn to live alongside the lives they closed.
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[VERSE]
Morning found us getting older
Your bare feet across the floor
Sunday sunlight on your shoulder
Your old jacket by the door
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[PRE-CHORUS]
Nothing happened worth remembering
Still I remember everything
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[CHORUS]
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[VERSE]
We'd miss the ending of the movie
Talking underneath our breath
You'd steal the blanket, I'd complain
Then pull you closer nonetheless
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[PRE-CHORUS]
No fireworks above the rooftops
Just your head against my chest
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[CHORUS]
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[VERSE]
I can see that moment clearly
Every shadow, every chair
I can picture it so perfectly
Though I have never once been there
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[PRE-CHORUS]
Some lives can feel like memories
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[CHORUS]
The river split beneath the moon
My water slowly drifted away from you
The river split beneath the moon
I let the current carry me away from youmore