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Necessary Empathy

by Boy Bloom

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1.
Be Loved 03:54
Listen to how the footsteps fall away Look in the mirror thinking what can change Something inside me’s rotting every day Even if I keep moving it still finds a way I wanna be loved I wanna be left alone I wanna feel something I wanna be numb Listen to how the beat bounces off the stone Look out the window it's fine I'm alone And then I feel it in every bone I've never met you but I feel at home You wanna be love You wanna be carved in stone You wanna feel everything Before you're gone (You wanna have fun On your way home) I’m coming home The light’s been left on I know you’re gone, you’re moving on Singing one more song There’s nothing wrong, time moves along And what I’m left with Will keep me warm It’s not your fault, the cards you hold How it felt holding on so long There’s nothing wrong with moving on The one who hurt you won’t heal you now
2.
It's No Use 03:09
Did you really think this through Fifty miles between me and you can’t change it Coming up with right excuse Building walls between you and truth won’t change it Try out your luck with someone new Maybe someday the love will find you and Change it change you But probably not cause It’s no use Focus in on the morning news Impending doom and the lonely blues won’t name it Changing light as the planet moves Crystal visions that guided you have faded One more hit and your coming to Running circles around the room sedated Faded ever changing liberated from your cage you turn the page and find the way that feels the same but inundated saturated stimulated break apart and rearrange it But it still feels the same cause It’s no use
3.
How to tell the kind of people that become the shadows Never stop to stop and think except to think in circles One more time you couldn't see the devil's in the details it’s bound to happen that way And if there's any good in you you gotta go get it This tunnel leads into the light and light into the shadows Pull back the curtains see salvation out the window All this time you tried to be the one who was the hero It’s bound to backfire that way So if there’s any good in you, you’ve gotta go get it I’ve got to believe in somethin’ It’s too hard to breathe When nothing means anything at all Who knows better than you When it’s the right thing to do Who knows better than you
4.
Paradise 05:05
Can you see the dream I have for you? Can you see the paradise? Can you see the dream? Look around before it's all gone Plastic's piling up on the lawn Trees have fallen the birds are gone But don't you worry they say we won I can't say I didn't see this coming It can change We'll find ourselves becoming more (We cannot let the few destroy it for all of us) I will do good by others I will do good by myself We have to fight for it (The only way to win is a revolution)
5.
I keep waiting to hit the ground Something’s pulling me down I keep searching for the answers That are all around me I keep falling to find the bottom But there’s just no ending (there’s just) Constant silence, render me helpless It’s been years since I’ve felt the feeling The soothing touch of romance I keep wading through all the bullshit Just to find the chance I keep fading, slowly jading Bring me some salvation (from this) Constant silence, render me helpless Subtle violence, keep it I’ll manage
6.
The Question 04:34
Turn around it’s so much better outside It’s not how it needs to be for both of us to thrive We do what we can to bear it just so we survive I don’t know if I can take it Wait around for the day you want to try I’m counting down the nights until you realize You’re planning for a future you can’t solidify I just hope that you can make it Understand the path to changes I might as well take it all out now and put it on the line I’m not one to push but baby this just feels so right I’ve only felt this once before but love was lost in time There’s nothing like your smile singing it’s gonna be alright I know I know it’s foolish when you’ve already passed by But what is living if you can’t say at least you tried This could be a fruitless effort But closing off is not the answer I can wait til you unravel Building trust is half the battle It could be a new adventure The part of you that begs the question
7.
So Hard 04:14
Bitter taste in my mouth It’s happened again Wonder how this time will bring me Closer to the end Recognize the face of who I am and who I’ve been Outrageous but the truth’s so easy to bend Why is it so hard to turn away from you? Why is it so hard to learn to stay away? Why is it so hard to stay away from you? Why is it so hard to learn? Recognize the feeling, unlikely to win Know it’s not the answer but the motion begins Catch a glimpse reflection bears no punches held in Might as well become someone that’s drowning in it Why are you still here? Why are you still standing there? Why do we keep dancing in the same old patterns? Why am I still here? Why am I still standing there? Why can’t I stop thinking in the same old circles Let go, (why is it so hard to turn away from you?) There’s nowhere to run All of this is temporary You’re losing time and gaining nothing You can see what’s happening, I know
8.
Enjoy 03:27
She is knocking quietly at the door She has come to tell you something you can’t ignore anymore Enjoy what you’ve got Keep on moving You can’t lay in bed anymore Intention doesn’t count toward the board keeping score She is knocking quietly at the door Feel the wind from the window and know You’re at home Gotta keep moving Gotta keep it moving
9.
Someone Else 04:39
I don’t have time to help you find your way I don’t have time to waste and waste away Tell someone else your everything wrong I know it’s hard to be alone and frightened And I know how much it hurts to get excited It’s overwhelming when you feel confronted I don’t have time to help you find your way And I don’t expect to beg and make you stay Far from behind you’re in your own way I know it’s hard to feel alone and heightened And I know how much the cage looks like a comfort It’s up to you to be the one that fights it
10.
Smile 04:07
I wanted it to work But I've gotta work it out I wanted to get it right But I've gotta save myself Let the dreams come true Let the nightmares run wild Then the fears take root Cut it out and try to smile Weighted and painful inside you Bubbles up behind your eyes Turn your gaze across the room Where your eyes, they meet mine In that moment I know how How you see me, the same Careful now don’t let it show You punish me and hide your shame
11.
Summon it all Get a little closer than you ever have before Harness it all Give it all the power that you never that you never had before Focus on what you want, summon it all Focus on what you want Not what you don’t
12.
13 04:20
All I do is to bring me back to you Rain on a lake, a lonely view Energy release from the deepest pools You pull away it's nothing new All you do is a mirror back on you Drowned in the lake what could I do Running out of rope on an endless spool You keep the pace and I follow suit What could I do to reach you What could I do to bring you closer? All this blue’s tomorrow’s news And all this gloom is tomorrow’s blooms One day soon you’ll break through Turn the stone on something new Look around, you’ll see it too Better days will come to you
13.
Voices 04:39
Voices call from down the hall I wait for it all to set in I feel the time passing on my skin But soon you'll see Sand on the ocean's fingertips I'm drawn to be someone you deserve I'll never feel how much it hurts You've felt it real when the fire burns I'll never know Now you’re gone, the curtain falls No sign of applause but silence It fills the air like a gentle breeze Time doesn’t freeze it pulls on the threads that tether me Lux aeterna Lux aeterna Libera me Requiem aeterna Lux perpetua Dona nobis pacem Lux aeterna
14.
Step out on the field of glowing grass Try to hold the feeling Step out on the streets of broken glass Try to hold the feeling (Sapphire) As we were dancing to the off beats Turning our love into heat I wrapped my arms around you and held you I knew you'd be forever so I told you: "When I'm with, I feel it, latching onto my spirit, times will change but I'm here. When you know it, you feel it, distance pushed but we're dedicated, friends forever, nothing better, birds of a feather."

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released May 26, 2020

written, performed, produced, and recorded by boy bloom
mixing by KT Pipal and boy bloom

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