On an island
Completely adrift
From responsibility
And thoughts of reality
Where I can hide myself
In my perfect version of us
Blankets of fantasy
Free from your destructive heart
Your heart
I long to touch you in real life
You don’t know what you want
Always pushing me away
Casting me out
To my lonely shore
Your eyes
Pierce through my very soul
Black as coal
Speaking to me in tongues
In reverie
You can no longer hurt me
So I keep this love buried
Deep within my heart
My heart
I long to touch you in real life
You don’t know what you want
It hurts to love
And not be loved in return
It hurts to gaze into your eyes
It hurts to see your smile
So bad, it hurts
You’ve made me crawl
On my hands and my knees
To achieve scraps of your heart
There is an opening through the door
Still, you push me away
You tell me things
That I shouldn’t know
While keeping me at bay
As you float away
On your beloved ship
It hurts to love
And not to be loved in return
It hurts to gaze into your eyes
It hurts to see your smile
So bad, it hurts
I long to touch you in real life
You don’t know what you want
Always pushing me away
Casting me out
To the open shore
credits
from Autumn Wake,
released April 12, 2024
Song written and produced by Jake McNeillie
Produced, engineered, and mixed by Beau Eastlund
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