You spend your whole life just to remember the sound
When the world was brighter, before we learned to dim it down

Call it survival, call it the freedom of will
Where breath is our own, our compass needle standing still

- selected lyrics from Homesick by Sleeping at Last

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I wonder what you expected, and what you got instead.

- selected lyrics from Steady Pull by Jonatha Brooke

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I can only use what I learn from you
And the rest I quietly accept and burn through
I can only be so much potentially
From the rest, I patiently request delivery

- lyrics from Delivery by Jimmy Eat World

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The path you didn't take, it always ends perfect only 'cause you never did

The floating fire is hard to hold
Our fingers pass right through its glow
There's peace out there somewhere in time
But I'm as real as you will find

- selected lyrics from Half Heart by Jimmy Eat World

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I feel hope
Deep in my bones
Tomorrow will be beautiful

- lyrics from Atlas: Seven by Sleeping at Last

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Oh, how did you know
That's all we need
A promise of hope
is enough to feel free

- lyrics from Ready Now by Dodie

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Dear happy, don't go
Not there but I'm close
I just always thought I'd never win
Dear happy, you see
It's not easy for me
But I know that I'm close

I'm somebody with a recovering heart
You've waited there for me
Keep waiting there for me

- selected lyrics from Dear Happy by Gabrielle Aplin

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I can hear the music
Just a few notes from a passing car
And it can take me
With heart-opening speed
To somewhere not here

And send me absolutely elsewhere

- selected lyrics from the song You Don't Need a God by Dido

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