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I Once Did

from Three by Nathaniel Bellows

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I ONCE DID

To agonize,
to reel, to lie,
or to say
how it is

To cast the mind back
to that time
we had one
pure gift

But here's the curse:
a calendar,
is page on page,
a grid
A piece fell out
of the clock I wound
to keep our hearts
in step

But I don't feel the way that I once did
I don't feel the way that I once did
And you need a reason why that I can't give
(but I was dying)
I don't feel the way that I once did

To lay to waste,
to save the date,
to nakedly ignore
the tie that binds you
back through time
when all you craved
was love

And here's a life:
divided, splicing, silent,
cellular
And here's the strength
I need to end this
half-made on
the floor

But I don't need the things you cannot give
I don't need the things you cannot give
And it started off so slowly and then, it hit,
(but no more trying)
I don't need the things you'll never give

I don't feel the way that I once did
I don't feel the way that I once did
Cause a scene, say:
"No one's leaving,"
but I won't live
in love, in lying
I don't feel the way that I once did

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from Three, released December 11, 2020
Nathaniel Bellows: Acoustic guitar; vocals
Malcolm Burn: Bass guitar, piano
Steve Decker: Drums

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