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Why don't we spend some time? Talk about what's on our minds. Shirt clinged skin, in your head again. Not shy like before. I'll make the bed, I'll lock the doors, we'll drink red wine and sleep on the floor. You won't feel so lonesome anymore.

We could never open our eyes, cause we never left the dream. So we'll take what we've learned and split it at the seams. You're the one who remembers, don't just put this on me. If you've got the time, I know what you need.

Quite dinners, uneasy nights. Static from the living room fills the space to remind. Leaves us tender, leaves me liable. Like nurturing a bruise. Subtle thoughts of someone else, the girl i met at school. Not much time to stop and think, locked in this apartment here with you.

I can't move on, I feel confined. Being candid isn't getting through. What the hell is more than love? Where do you touch when you can't get close enough? Well, that's all out the door.

We could never open our eyes, cause we never left the dream. So we'll take what we've learned and split it at the seams. You're the one who remembers, don't just put this on me. If you've got the time, I know what you need.

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from Swimming the Deep End, released June 18, 2016

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Van Oss Dayton, Ohio

Van Oss is Alex Grace and Josh Compaleo.

Thanks so much to Aaron Retter for the album art, Erin Sherrets for the photography, and Taylor Gilbertie for the mastering work.

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