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I've been sitting on my stoop
every night on Chauncey Street
drinking beer and smoking weed
thinking about all the people in between
these phases of my life
people I've lost and who I've left behind
people I'll never see again
who I once considered my close friends
and I haven't figured out much
but I've learned how to take life day by day
sometimes it takes all that I've got
to know that everything will be okay

I cried
when I told my dad I was moving back to California
and I lied
when I told my ex-best friend that I forgave him
but mid-flight
I know I'll miss the lights of the friends I leave behind
so tonight
let's try to make things right
I'm sorry, this is goodbye

I've never felt this old in my entire life
but I'm young enough so it's alright
cuz though my back may hurt when I get off work
and my legs may ache and want to break
and on the train ride back to Bed-Stuy
my mind is tethered to a sleepless heap
of flesh and bone and varicose veins
the struggle somehow keeps me sane

I'm sorry you heard it from me
but the winter's too cold in this city
and the buildings so tall are no forrest at all
I can't see New York for the trees
and I know it sucks but it's true
I'm probably leaving here just for you
but that's too much to swallow
I swear that I'll call every day
I am coming home soon

I cried
when I told my dad I was moving back to California
and I lied
when I told my ex-best friend that I forgave him
but mid-flight
I know I'll miss the lights of the friends I leave behind
so tonight
let's try to make things right
I'm sorry, this is goodbye

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from I never thought I'd miss palm trees so much EP, released March 30, 2016

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queer post-punk shoegaze-y indie rock songs about mental health and self- accountability

liv (they/them), fernly (she/her), steven (he/they), oan (they/them)

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