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It’s been a year
I woke up in someone else's life
My clothes don’t fit
My skin’s a vise
It’s been a year in measured time
Oh but I don’t remember living it
I try to pretend I am me
I look up through filtered light
Through bitterness
Where’s my confidence?
I try and cross this new divide
Oh but I don’t think I can make it
And I try and pretend I am me
And there’s nowhere you can get to any faster
When the road is lined with cars
And there’s nothing you can say any louder
Everybody’s screaming anyhow
And I try and pretend I am me
What the fuck are we doing here?
It’s been a year
Oh, it’s been a year
And how can I measure time
When it’s cracked?
And I don’t remember breaking it
And I try and forget I am me
Oh I try and forget I am me
And the sticks look like bones
And the bones look like rocks
And the rocks look like hearts
And the hearts are made of stone
Words and Music by Larissa Rook, Copyright 2022
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crocus and the daisies
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Crocus and the Daisies
A bell rings in the station
No one picks up the phone
Windows rolled down
As I drive down the road
A heavy scent of cedar
Lingers in the air
And I wonder where the year has gone
How did I get here?
What a strange surprise
Being out in the cold
I never felt so alive
And I never felt so old
Well the air is much warmer
The flowers in bloom
The crocus, the daisies,
Forsythia too
Coffee is bitter
Blankets are rough
Funny how I’ve grown to hate
The things I used to love
What a strange surprise
Being out in the cold
I never felt so alive
And I never felt so old
And after a long winter’s sleep
She awoke
To the sound of ice melting
Water dripping from the roof
She stepped outside
Onto the wooden porch
And noticed
Where once was land
Was now an ocean
And she tore her skirt
To make a sail
And said,
“I’m the Captain,
Here’s the champagne.
Happy New Year.”
What a strange surprise
Being out in the cold
I never felt so alive
And I never felt so old
Words and music by Larissa Rook
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Larissa Rook Wimberley, Texas
Larissa Rook (aka Larissa Dalle and former keyboardist/singer for Wormwood Scrubs) to release self-recorded/produced album in 2020.
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