Blue Whale Blues

from Swamp Flowers by Flekar

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Remember way back then
in your father’s house
we would stay up till the break of day
and listen to Kid A
but track three I wasn’t sure
you said I was a bore as I recall
but it doesn’t seem that real to me at all
and I’m getting kind of scared
that all of it was just an image from a song

and I saw you there
alone on a train
a single tear ran down your face
and I wish I’d known your name

so I could break your heart
like a tragic piece of art
I would keep it close to mine
I would, yes I would
keep it close to mine as I should

but I’m getting kind of scared, that it was
that all it was, was someone else’s tear

and we could travel far
to foreign lands
we would sleep on the airport floor
and take the flight at four
but we have never met
but still you never let me sleep
those eastern nights still cut so deep
getting kind of scared that all of it was
all too real

and I wished you were
a big blue whale
so I could swim inside your veins
and make my home inside your heart

but there are hunters on the sea
who don’t care that much for me
or what I found
so I will build my house on solid ground
I will, yes I will
instead of me swimming round and round

besides I would be kind of scared
that it would be hard to breathe inside a metaphor

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from Swamp Flowers, released October 8, 2018

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The story of Flekar started on a small motorcycle driving through dusty winding roads in remote areas in East Africa

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