There are dreams where you feel your lungs filling.
What was I doing? you say when the blue water hits your brain
What was I doing all my life?
Have the cars come loose on the ski lift over the sharp trees a mile over the
sharp trees?
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On not losing you after all
There are dreams where you feel your lungs filling.
What was I doing? you say when the blue water hits your brain
What was I doing all my life?
Have the cars come loose on the ski lift over the sharp trees a mile over the
sharp trees?
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