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Shaking Still

by Little Brother

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The Rest 03:45
if i pretend everything is all right will you believe me when i say i am fine there's a storm blowing outside my window and i can't sleep at night i can't sleep at night and i don't mean to lie it's just there's something missing from my chest and you can't see me cry i'll only let you near me at my best so please forget about the rest i've never been that good at talking to you when you look at me i cannot think things through if you like my company can you say? 'cause i don't want to be in your way i don't want to be in your way and i don't mean to lie it's just there's something missing from my chest and you can't see my cry i'll only let you near me at my best so please forget about the rest
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Whisper 02:44
i miss you and it's dumb you haven't been here long and i don't know you that well but you're breaking my shell i like you and it's dumb i'll pretend that i'm numb ignore all of the pain wait 'til it goes away but i'm glad you're here i feel calmer when you're near
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i thought you'd be okay but the shadow in your brain shows me that the finish line is still so far away i thought you'd be just fine i thought you'd be all right but here i am crying holding your hand in the middle of the night you're still not in the clear and it's been nearly a year of sitting in the waiting room wondering why you're still here i though this'd be the end and we could start again but here i am seeking comfort from my internet friends i thought you'd be okay but the swelling in your brain is making it hard for you to see and to stand up straight i thought you'd be all right i thought you'd be just fine but here i am crying holding myself in the middle of the night
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Discordant 02:24
here i am standing in the cold but i'd rather be cold than with you walking the dark on my own walking in the dark without you 'cause you've got an addiction and i've got an affliction and i know we'll never agree i know we'll never agree sitting in my room on my own the rain outside is blocking the view cuts and bruises over my hands i know they would impress you 'cause you've got an addiction and i've got an affliction and i know we'll never agree on anything
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it's not what it seems you don't understand what i mean you communicate through voice and i don't have a choice
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i got caught in the rain i got caught again and i walked through the rain and i thought i'd never be warm again how do you cope when you're not coping i got caught in the storm and i saw all of my flaws and i wanted to cry but the rain covered my eyes and i hate my face but i deserve to take up space and i walked through the rain and i made it home again how to cope when you're not coping
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happy people everywhere and not a drop for me i guess i could pretend that it's something i could be but i'm so sick of my disguise and i'm all out of tune and besides we know i could never fool you i wrote this song because i haven't cried in a week and i've been making it up so long i forgot how to speak and yesterday was the best day i can remember and i hope this feeling stays will the 12th of november
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Ghosts 02:28
you're not coming home i didn't touch your hand you're not coming home
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i wish it was colder because i can't sleep i'm good at pretending but i can't take off my skin it's too hot it didn't snow this year it's too hot i can't sleep this year it's too hot it didn't snow this year it's too hot i can't sleep
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Sympathy 02:24
i've got a firm head above my shoulders but my neck is weak i'm so tired but i still can't sleep i'm so hungry and i have been for weeks i'm nothing but bone there's no colour in my cheeks i don't know what people think when they look at me i hope it's much nicer than it used to be i don't have much use for your sympathy but i'd be lying if i said it didn't mean a thing
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Sunday 01:47
born in late july cathedrals make me cry and we all remember that day in mid november that bangs are far too loud i hope i make you proud and when i hear my name it never feels the same and you held on so i could escape the somme it's getting darker now the winter's on the prowl and in a book i read the girl kissed the princess and when i get sad i try and call my dad i'm feeling very old your hands were always cold but i didn't mind your heart was far too kind and in the morning dew i aways think of you and when it's dark at night they tell me "souls don't die"
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i was raised by hawks and doves they taught me how to walk they taught me how to love i was raised by doves and hawks the hawk never made me feel good enough at all now, the hawk alway tells me he's here to keep me grounded but i never flew anyway now i'm six feet under now i'm six feet under i was raised by hawks and doves they never taught me to fly the hawk had clipped the dove's wings and he never made me feel good enough at all

about

over two years since 'circus lonely', and a lot happened. this was my way of sorting through it all, and not really getting anywhere, but at least the songs are good.

this was mostly recorded in my room in brighton, with the exception of 'sunday', which was recorded in my flat in bristol.

i hope you get as much out of this listening to it as i did writing and recording it.

(note on sound - this is a home-recorded album , with zero professional mixing. apologies for any inconsistencies)

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released June 12, 2015

emily harris

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Little Brother Brighton, UK

Bristol-based musician that can't write choruses.

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