Super limited edition 12" version of "Starburst" on handmade lathe-cut clear vinyl. Includes lyric sheet/poster insert and burlap goodie bag with a special note from Val about the album.
Ships in September 2022 within U.S. only
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If you have to leave
Make it quick and clean
I don't open my heart
For just anybody
If you have to go
I want you to know
You will never break free
From the memory of me
Started with a bang
No pun intended
Had me rearranged
My arms extended
I was under a spell
Your magic was new
So hard to see
Right in front of you
In the everyday
We began to sputter
We forgot to talk
Were silent lovers
Even that got old
All good things do
Now I'm waving my hands
Right in front of you
If you have to leave
Make it quick and clean
I don't open my heart
For just anybody
If you have to go
I want you to know
You will never break free
From the memory of me
I’m pretty sure I hide
The baddest temper
And it only gets worst
Middle of November
When the days are short
And the nights are blue
So hard to know
What's right in front of you
Stop sneaking a peek
In the neighbors garden
Cuz whatever you see
Is just a pretty mirage
Love is very sharp
It'll cut right through
Can't you feel the scars
Running over you?
If you have to leave
Make it quick and clean
I don't open my heart
For just anybody
If you have to go
I want you to know
You will never break free
From the memory of me
Now I'm wasting my breath
For such a meaningless fight
Cuz I’m not even sure
If anyone can be right
I just want to fend off
The terror and the gloom
That will take your place
When you leave the room
What's done is done
Better now than later
Even childhood friends
Turn into traitors
Gather up your faith
For what you can't prove
Never pay no mind
To what's in front of you
I could you pick you apart
Make a list of errors
Try to land your friends
Fill your life with terror
Rather disappear
Start something new
So you will miss
What was in front of you
What did you think
Would really happen?
Break into a cheer?
Start wild clapping?
Read all about it
Here's the breaking news
I'm the only person
Still here for you
I'm fine, I'm fine
I'm barely shaking
Don't worry about me
I have awakened
Everything you said
Is the bitter truth
Everything you said
I should have said to you
If you have to leave
Make it quick and clean
I don't open my heart
For just anybody
If you have to go
I want you to know
You will never break free
From the memory of me
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