if my main character from "the place we made" released an album
title: found myself in the darkness
genre: retro-inspired, indie pop
inspirations: family, friends, and experiences with love, loss, and bad parentage
length: 13 songs
ruined
" it took me a long time to realize that I was the only one who could say I wasn't ruined by you"
then there was you
" then there was you, eyes filled with worry and your heart filled with something I'd never seen, offering me a home"_
gone
"I take my time until I remember what I won't have when I'm gone"
safe
"I start wrapping my hands in my sheets like I'm gonna need to fight, then I remember where I am, and I am safe"
you tried
" you made me believe that love was dirty, you tried to warp my sense of wonder, you tried, you tried"
healer
"in all the books I've read, nothing tells me how to heal a broken heart, but my mistake was not looking up; you're my healer"
the first time
"bring me your artistry and your soul, as if we were lovers for the first time"
yellow
" I watched you falling in love in the yellow light, I know your soul is dancing in the yellow sky"
lessons learned
" acceptance doesn't come easy, that's one of the lessons learned the hard way"
thoughts
"I put my soul into lies, I had to think those thoughts just to get by, yes, even in my head I was different then "
rearview
" I'd always imagined this town in the rearview, now I say adieu"
whole
" who knew that two scared kids, broken and scarred, would be the ones to make each other whole again?"
matches
" I hate your matches 'cause they reminded me of you, all this time to live but burned out too soon"
