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the things you said keep me awake

from more stories from an ordinary orange by earl patrick

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it's 3 a.m. and i can't sleep
and this should come as no surprise
your love is just a strange disease
it's oil burning in my mind
the bed's on fire when you're not here
the clock is laughing in my face
my eyes are drier than the winter air
and in my mouth a bitter taste

the things you said keep me awake
you can't have meant what passed your lips
words filling up the empty space
between my memories, my wishes and this

life always changes late at night
and catches me so tired and weak
that all that i can do is sigh
and rearrange everything that i believe
but tonight i'm fighting quietly
this war behind my eyes
where logic fights with instinct
until an eye for an eye makes both sides blind

the things you said keep me awake
you can't have meant what passed your lips
words filling up the empty space
between my memories, my wishes and this

i thought i knew you well enough
that you could not surprise me this much
but you have made yourself a stranger here
and if not you than who is left to trust
but it's 3 a.m. and i can't sleep
your love is now my dark disease
and i am left with nothing more than a quiet place
where angels fear to creep

the things you said keep me awake
you can't have meant what passed your lips
words filling up the empty space
between my memories, my wishes and this

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from more stories from an ordinary orange, released July 11, 2011

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earl patrick Portland, Oregon

Songwriter, composer & multi-instrumentalist Earl Patrick has been quietly making independent records for over 20 years. For a sample of suggested listening: Four phases (classical piano) | I'll call you when i touch back down (bedroom pop) | songs from a blue room (indie rock - solo guitar & voice) ... more

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