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Rough Scratches - (Original)

3,777 views · Published 24 April 2018 · 4:46 · Indexed 18 October 2026

Channel: Anton Tiél · 2018 · Music

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An original about missing someone, be it friend, family, or lover and trying to keep in touch with them but also wanting them to know they can have their space and cut you off if the need to start over. (If that makes sense?)

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//lyrics//

with every day passes a lifetime of things i wish i'd said
now all i have are photographs and strands of your hair beneath my bed
the windowsill holds my head aloft
when you're not next to me
whispering softly, calming, calling me nice things
names i'll never be, but you make me want to be
better, kinder, signing off these letters with love
but maybe i'm too much?

sometimes i need rough scratches, deep cuts, holes in the paper
you'd do me a favour, to burn my words down
ripped pages, tear streaks, blood on your eraser
paper cuts telling us our fickle nature
is wrong
is wrong

just because your name's not in my calendar doesn't mean that i don't remember
your evergreen honesty and i'll tell you honestly
i'm happy for you
my eyes are torn on 17 paths that lead my heart astray
but the heat of your searing light on my skin guides the way
and by the way
maybe i need my own light to show i'm okay
don't let me float away

sometimes i need rough scratches, deep cuts, holes in the paper
you'd do me a favour, to burn my words down
ripped pages, tear streaks, blood on your eraser
paper cuts telling us our fickle nature
is wrong
is wrong

the wick of our candle is not a tealight
you best believe we're the sun
not eternal, but we'll make it by
every mile of your mind is intertwined with mine
i could not let go even if i tried
so tell me i'll fine
but just this once

please don't give me rough scratches, deep cuts, holes in the paper
you don't owe me favours, let's bask in the warmth of our fire
creased pages, tear streaks, an untouched eraser
every drop of ink means something to me

and when the going gets rough
please keep in touch
signing off with much love
goodbye
goodbye
goodbye

goodbye

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