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Underwater Breathing

from It's Never The Way You Imagine It by Devin Tait

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lyrics

I've learned not to hold my breath

I take my lessons from the best

in the grave is when I'll rest

Taking secrets not confessed

Am I lucky to be here?

deconstruction cavalier

I don't move then it stays clear

you made forever disappear


I couldn't hold you but I would have told you

This boat was rockin', before I came knockin'

but did I even reach you?

did I even reach you?


Slip through my fingers and run like the water

you're flooding over the broken levees

clean up this mess now, you've got me undressed now

it's rising around me, it's getting heavy

I can't be the only one, can't feel so lonely

I had your back now I see you leaving

Suspended in motion, arrested progression

I will remain underwater breathing

then on the other hand there's you
casual, our rendezvouz
so distracting yes it's true
like a habit, right on cue

I couldn't steal, but I saw the real
person in side of, a character I loved
but did I really read you?
did I really read you?

I try to stay within my depth
not to doubt or second guess
careful never to invest
in deals where I come out with less
the minor details you don't see
become the major things I feel
despite our similarities
we're playing in two different keys

bridge
chorus X 2

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from It's Never The Way You Imagine It, released April 19, 2011
Written and Performed by Devin Tait

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Devin Tait Sacramento, California

Having transplanted himself from Kansas to California around the turn of the millennium, Devin Tait quickly found himself derailed from his original plan to join a boyband. Meeting a couple of guitar playing lesbians at karaoke led Tait to form the band Shitting Glitter with Amy Crosby and Von Edwards. After nearly a decade with the band, Tait decided it was time to branch out on his own. ... more

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