Gold Lies

from Escape from Leptonia by Quark Lepton

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You were wearing my coat in the snow outside
Then the spirit blew out like a light
Head cocked to the sky as you whispered a kiss
But nothing was ever like I remember

Now the leaves are perched to fall and a chill crawls in
And it's raining outside, end of summer
I'm thinking of a time I was yours; you were mine
But we really belonged to ourselves

And you brought some water when my blood was afire
And drowning me in a fever
But as the snow rakes the sheets, as the negatives dissolve
I place these gold lies in the album

And oh my love, these are meaningless words
How the sky expanded above us
And I would talk to myself, how life is absurd
You'd smile, you'd nod, you would listen

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from Escape from Leptonia, released June 2, 2011
Made with vocals, guitars, bass, organ, and banjo.

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