Lifeline

from Reasons to Exist EP by Feathers Wood 'N' String

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Do you ever feel like you leave a version of yourself behind when you make choices? One that would have gone the other way? Ever wished you could stay in touch with that other you, and know what they experienced? That's what this song is about. It started from quite nerdy origins - a character I was playing never got to the key point in their story because their game was discontinued. But we've all wondered, haven't we?

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My hand will be forced
Never could have gone your way
Your life is just a draft
Tomorrow, you will have no say.

Life tore the map free
From our veins
Now you can’t show me
Where to go anymore

And if I could
I’d throw you a lifeline
Just to keep you in my mind
I’d give you a lifetime
To screw up and find me something

We had to cut our ties
Before I ever saw you jump
Your truth choked back, crossed out
For all we’d made and all we’d tried I was still numb

Life tore the map free
From our veins
Now you can’t tell me
Where to go anymore

And if I could
I’d throw you a lifeline
Just to keep you in my mind
I’d give you a lifetime
To screw up and find me somehow

Couldn’t you
Have just
Been right
And finished
Taken me over, taken me under, taken me over, taken me to
Make the right mistakes
Find the truth in the wrong places
Taken me over taken me under, taken me over, taken me under

World burned your choices
From my heart
Now there can be no
Escape anymore

And if I could
I’d throw you a lifeline
Just to keep you in my mind
I’d give you a lifetime
To screw up and get me somewhere
I’d throw you a lifeline
Just to keep you in my mind
I’d give you a lifetime
To screw up and make me go there.

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from Reasons to Exist EP, released December 26, 2018
Music by Lloyd Fletcher with lyrics and vocals by Sarah Fletcher

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Feathers Wood 'N' String Southampton, UK

Alt/indie rock duo playing hard-hitting upbeat tracks fused with meaningful melodic lyrics. For fans of 10 Years, Evanescence, Royal Blood, Hands Like Houses & Silverstein. From Adelaide, South Australia, we are currently based in Southampton, UK.

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