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Vessel Lyrics by Defy The Ocean

Elderflower

2016

I try to explain how things got this way
But all you hear are accusations
They found their way in
Through swathes of softened skin
A feeding ground of wrists
I know you’re not to blame
But you don’t taste the same
They came at night in waves
Through hopes and dreams and veins
And you eyed a sprawling revelation
I know you’re not to blame
But you don’t taste the same anymore
Not since they hollowed you out
I miss your honest eyes
Now spinning wild
You sing your lullaby to stave the light
You stave the light
No I won’t listen in
‘Cause I can hear each moment fade the last
But silence always serves to draw me in
I know you’re not to blame
But you don’t taste the same anymore
Not since they hollowed you out
You pulled me right in
Left no room for doubt
You showed me kindness
And then led me down
Swallow dark
This frosted slope inching me through
We’re pulled apart from all we know
But we’re free, aren’t we?
I know what it’s like to be alive
I know what it’s like to live a life
I know what it’s like to see it slip away
I know ‘cause I watched you every day
And I know that I’ve lost you to the waste
Our eyes once oceans but now they’ve dried
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Defy The Ocean

Defy The Ocean

About “Vessel” by Defy The Ocean

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"Vessel" appears on "Elderflower" in 2016.

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