Correspondence

from Correspondence by Immediate Family

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Have that which you hold.
Twenty-three years old and we are just now catching on.
Embrace that which you trust.
Stake your claim in what you must to recall why you're still warm.
She is not some stranger.

It takes a lot to stay asleep.
It takes a lot to feel the same.
No, I'd rather not think so.
What works, we work through.

Prize that which you aren't.
Require several parts to form each other's world entire.
Precious are the words exchanged in need.
We must remember conversation works.
We can not be strangers.

It takes a lot to stay awake.
It takes a lot to make the cycle yours.
It takes a lot to feel the same.
No, I'd rather not think so.
What works, we work through.

Harmless and holy in bed.
To disagree but always meet here halfway instead.
To dance all night in dreams then face the choir.
So, you thought your ears would never ring with words they sing.

Wait, its a long way to the top again.
Its a long walk to your room.
If you can't avoid the shock you can't make it true.

Hey, its a long walk to your trial when
the ground announces endless proof
that every angel is a child and you're just confused.

Restless and sentenced at sea.
To drift ashore or drown before our ends ever meet.
Lets face the water:
So, you thought significance was safe?
Just try to breathe.

Reckless and warm seeing red.
To stay the course or burn out before we balance our heads.
Lets face the fire:
So, you thought obsession wasn't brave?
Just try too late.

Harmless and holy in bed.
To live the blue, embrace the red, then escape both at rest.
To dance all night in dreams then face the choir.
So, you thought your ears would never ring for words they sing.

It takes a lot to stay asleep.
It takes a lot to feel the same.
No, I'd rather not think so.
What works, we work through.

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from Correspondence, released February 28, 2011

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Immediate Family Portland, Oregon

Immediate Family is what happens when I (Brett) work on something for so long that I learn to stop worrying and love the process again and again and again and

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