"your face is all i saw"

Vetiver - Right Away by savagehector

right away, you looked like a good friend

like someone i knew when

i lived back in ohio, long ago

a full-filled room, i couldn't make it through

caught the sight of you as you headed for the door

thought i couldn't tell it seemed just as well not to know

i waved goodbye before i tried hello

the gallery felt crowded

i couldn't see the work upon the wall

your face was all i saw.

i wonder if we had...

anything at all.

vetiver-right away; errant charm.

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love is a mix tape vol. 13

::::I used to live in a heartbeat city,

I swear I'd fall in love every minute on the street.

You might be walking around the corner

and our eyes might meet.

Where you been darling darling? Where you been darling darling?

Where you been darling darling, we've been holding this moment for you::::

-yAcht::psychic city.

photo taken in berlin.

love is a mix tape vol. 12

burn slow, burning up the back wall
long roads, where the city meets the sky
most days, most days stay the sole same
please stay, for this fear it will not die

if i had a boat, i would sail to you
hold u in my arms, ask you to be true
once i had a dream, it died long before
now i’m pointed north, hoping for the shore

down low, down amongst the thorn rows
weeds grow, through the lillies and the vine
birds play, try to find their own way
soft clay, on your feet and under mine

breaking at the seams
heaving at the brace
sheets all billowing
the breaking of the day
sea is not my friend
seasons they conspire
still i choose to swim
slip beneath the tide

once i had a dream
once i had a hope
that was yesterday
not so long ago
this is not the end
this is just the world
such a foolish thing
such an honest girl

-james vincent mcmorrow

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love is a mix tape vol. 11

\\\\\\\\\\living in that chest is a big, big heart....//////////

\\\\\\\one that i've known from the very start.///////

-love letter; lisa mitchell.

love is a mix tape vol. 10

you're the memory now that lives across the world

while the wind howls low and tries to steal my hours.

you're the hooves that lead me through the forest...

-bowerbirds; hooves.

love is a mix tape vol. 9

"don't hold back. all your love."

"i would say that i'm sorry. if it would do any good. but to never regret means you have to forget, and i don't think that i could."

01 Please Speak Well Of Me/The Weepies by suzylee

love is a mix tape vol. 8

fences claim they can separate

the ownership of landscape

and the street lights shine

and the sprinklers run all night

behind suburban walls and tall gates

but a breeze decides

if a seed will bloom or die

scatter out and multiply

and when rain comes through

to tap dance on my roof

i'm stuck but i am satisfied. to stay in.

oh river we are grieving, we've lost surprise here

our fruits are out of season, we sell them all year

we flee from fear.

and the days grow long

and sunshine is our song

the hot light makes our skin tight

and the house stays warm

so we sleep on the porch

and hope the stars will stay in our eyes

through winter

oh river come and take me

and make my eyes new

i'm tired of resisting

i've tried to bend you

we're afraid to see the blue lines

lead to the blue sea

cause we spend all of our time

trying to be something. more than something.

but there were fireflies in brooke's backyard that night

we fought the hot july in brooklyn with white wine

and to think that i'd been spending all my time

believing i decide what falls before my eyes

all we're after anymore is self control.

but we have to trade our wonder for it, we grow cold.

oh river, wash me deep. down to the sea and let it wash me over.

-joel p west; we sleep on the porch.

love is a mix tape vol. 7

i've become quite ill in the past few days and i have to admit that it has been a huge struggle. the pain's been so intense at times that i feel consciousness beginning to shut down. but i've been reminded of what God can do in times of such powerlessness. at one point in the middle of experiencing severe waves of pain, i felt like i heard a voice saying "where is He now?" and immediately i was able to answer..."He's next to me." although the pain has been unbearable at times, He's made His presence known to me, and the kindness of His presence is what's getting me through. here's a song that i've had to listen to over and over again to push through.

i'd like to preface these lyrics by saying that i've capitalized the O in our because these lyrics to me, don't mean that God is on our (Christian's) side. the God i believe in is bigger than that. the Heart i put my trust in is far larger than that. regardless of whether you're a Christian or not, i believe that He is on Our (as a collective whole) side.

God is Our refuge and Our strength.

He is the power in Our weakness.

He gives new mercy everyday

and gives Us grace enough to free Us

though the mountains fall and the earth decay

We will not fear, Lord.

We hope in Your name.

hallelujah, God is on Our side.

so in the stillness i will wait

you are my hiding place

i find rest in you.

-jimmy robeson; God is on our side.

love is a mix tape vol. 6

So if you want to get to know me,
follow my smile into it's curves
All these lines are born in sorrows and in pleasures,
and every man ends up with the face that he deserves.

-dawes; when you call my name.

love is a mix tape vol. 5

"You sleep like a kid with one hand stuck fast to the side of your face. Backside in the air, mouth half open, but still filled with grace. And you seem so happy as your skin turns the colour of a violet-golden sky. And it cuts me up when we fight and go to bed facing opposite sides. You're like gasoline. You're like the willow tree. You're like a split-screen. But you're the green in me."-admiral fallow, dead against smoking.

dead against smoking-admiral fallow by suzylee

love is a mix tape vol. 4

"He's brought me to the wilderness where i will learn to sing

and He lets me know my barrenness so i will learn to Lean." -laura hackett; beautiful Mercy.

Beautiful Mercy-Laura Hackett by suzylee

love is a mix tape vol. 3

I've locked up these words,

in fear that I'd say them wrong.

Is it love as a mountain, or love as a simple song?

And the moment that the two meet

has now laid itself at your feet.

And love is not convenient; it does not cease at your command.

You might take and leave it, but love is all I am.

Love is all I am.

-love is all i am; dawes.

love is a mix tape vol. 2

"it's that sinking feeling of being alone.

and it's the way it makes you screech

and pulls the skin off your bones

and i can't help but think, as i pick my mouth off the floor,

will you still know me in a year?"

-admiral fallow; squeeling pigs

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love is a mix tape vol. 1

"when we've been There for ten thousand years, our song will be the same. praise to the One who has brought us Here, Jesus is His name."

-phil wickham, in your city.

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