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Shallow Water

from Mainland by The Waxwings

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In the wide open spaces of a tired heart
There's time to turn the clock back and take it all apart
You're so strange, you're so strange, you're so strange
But I loved you anyway

I was just seeing
what I wanted to see
When I saw in you
something that you could never be
I hope I never fall in love
With anyone like her again

Sign said shallow water, don't you dive in here
But you know that sun was so hot and that water looked so clear
I tried so hard, I tried so hard, I tried so hard
But you're so cold and cynical
And I stuck around anyway

I found out
Just how wrong i could be
When i assumed that my kiss to you
Meant the same s your kiss meant to me
I hope I never fall in love
With anyone like her again

Outside the feast i was begging for crumbs
There was thunder, there was lightning but the rain wouldn't come
On my knees at the well with an empty tin cup
I kept calling you back but you wouldn't pick up
I was drifting at sea, I was searching for land
I'd walk with you baby just give me your hand
I stood by the fire and I prayed for the heat
Oh, I'd take you dancing just give me a beat

I was just living
The way I thought people lived
When I expected from you
Something that you could never give
Please stop me if I start to fall in love

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from Mainland, released December 1, 2016
written by eric schopmeyer

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The Waxwings Portland, Oregon

The Waxwings is a band of friends from Portland, OR. We take our diverse musical influences (classical, rock, folk, what have you) and channel them through acoustic instruments to unearth themes of love, loss and the pursuit of soul-searching redemption. ... more

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