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Sweet Things and a Storm

by My Kingdom For a Horse

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1.
Sweetheart 04:24
I saw a picture of us from a few years back it's me and you and we were holding hands and the smile that you wore footprints in the snow and the trees throwing shadows below in the thin winter light all the seas and the coastlines glimmered behind stormy clouds in your eyes and you were pale as a ghost but you still looked so pretty with the world spinning in your bloodstream but it is long lost now sweetheart it is long lost now it's just long lost now sweetheart it is long lost now it's just long lost now year after year after year summers betrayed us year after year after year the fall came to heal us year after year after year winters never changed us year after year after year they made your smile flicker and hand in hand we shivered but it is long lost now sweetheart it is long lost now it's just long lost now sweetheart it is long lost now it's just long lost now you say you never meant for it to turn out this way thanks a lot that's so sweet of you to say and you tried I'm sure you did I'm sure you tried you did I'm sure but it is long lost now Sweetheart it is long lost now
2.
Clearly 03:20
I love the way you think cause clearly your brain has no part in it I love the way you smile cause clearly your mouth has no no role in it I love it all and I love it so I love the way you talk cause clearly your words have nothing to do with it I love the way you see cause clearly your eyes have no no role in it I love it all and I love it so but clearly now clearly now I have no part in it
3.
Golden Age 03:57
we lie down our hearts full of liquor and clouds and I’ll try to find some comfort in your sleepy eyes my nightmares are knocking on the door but we won’t let them in. we'll wait for our ghosts to sing us to sleep we will sink in the silence of the afternoon as you try to sync your breath to mine those summer rains they got stuck inside our lungs and my heart keeps beating out of time we are the Golden Age we are did I ever mention that it was nice to meet you and awake to the sight of sunlight pouring through you that timid smile is carved in the back of my eyes as I drown in these European skies we are the Golden Age we are
4.
The Fire 03:41
I know that it was you who started the fire I saw you with my own eyes you had matches and torches and there was nothing I could do I just stood there in silence watching our house burn and the flames oh the flames they get higher and as strange as it may seem I never wanted it to stop and as much as much as it hurt I swear it looked beautiful so I sat and watched it burn the most glorious show knowing that you would be gone long before long before long before it ended and the fire still and the fire still burns and I know it was you who started the fire and I saw you with my own eyes and there was nothing I could do I just stood there in silence watching my heart burn and the flames get higher
5.
I don’t know who she is or where she has been but I know that the shapes of our hearts coincide perfectly needless to say she’s always been on my mind so I wrote her a letter but it’s only two lines to whom it may concern I love you I don’t know where she is or where she will go but she walks alone on the eyelids of the world needless to say she would notice for sure if even a single star burned out and disappeared from the sky to whom it may concern I love you
6.
The King 03:30
a horse a horse my kingdom for a horse cause I need to be where she is and I have fought so many wars and my veins have spilled their blood just to be where I am but only now I realize that the splendor of my realm it doesn’t mean much to me I’m the king yes the king the king of everything you see but what is a king without his queen a horse a horse my kingdom for a horse I’m the king yes the king the king of everything you see but what is a king without his queen what is a king without his queen
7.
That's Why 03:29
you can’t keep a promise but you never lie you take what you want and you keep what you find you ask for advice but god you never listen you talk way too much or you don’t say a word cause you carry that chaos inside of your heart that’s why you shine like the bluest of stars you’re sweeter than honey and colder than ice always so proud and yet awkwardly shy you’re simpler than water and more tangled than a clew old like a mountain and younger than dew cause you carry that chaos inside of your heart that’s why you shine like the bluest of stars you walk like a woman, and sleep like a girl untrue like a summer more honest than wood. your ways are simple and lighter than feathers but your spine is bent under the weight that you bear cause you carry that chaos inside of your heart that’s why you shine like the bluest of stars you carry that chaos inside of your heart that's why you shine like the brightest you shine like the brightest of stars
8.
Kites 03:54
let’s hold on and hold out and hold hands let’s fight over nothing and scream at each other let’s be stubborn and not talk for days let’s come clean and come around and come apart come hell or high water let's fly our kites through every stormy sky you and I let's break down and break through and break free let's be broke and own nothing but have everything let's be happy whatever that means let’s make up and make love and make noise let’s laugh for no reason and never say sorry or please let’s lie and be mean let’s fly too close to the sun let’s watch our wings as they burn and smile as we fall so hard let's break down and break through and break free let's be broke and own nothing but have everything let's be happy whatever that means

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released November 4, 2013

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My Kingdom For a Horse Amsterdam, The Netherlands

My Kingdom for a Horse is Tycho Tax and Pietro Marchesi. We play songs together.

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