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I jumped off a cliff down at Percy Priest and felt the sun drip down my back. When I landed in the water I saw the blue reflecting gold and stayed there staring at the surface.

'Cause the last time I felt clean I was on your kitchen floor and we could see the dust drifting in the light. And we could hear the ice melting from inside our drinks as we sat in the cool of the spring.

In the shadow of an orange grove I learned about loss down in Mexico and I could hear the kids voices rise from underneath stain glass where Mary stood staring at me.

My wall are lined with photographs and cords run my floor and sad sunlight spills in from the window. And I'm always ready for when I need to pack my bags and move a lifetime away.

We used to drive in your car to go downtown after school where the lights and rooftops meet and the orange hue of summer filled your empty house; it felt like the nights of all my youth pressed into one.

And I'd lay in the trees on the banks of the river in hopes it'd find it's way into me. But once the moon came out the tides changed and the water swallowed me.

In summer's green life I came alive in her front yard where we talked about the ocean and how we'd get there one day. In an abandoned house we shared a glance that I could not forget, it spoke of all the time I could never have again.

I don't think my happiness will ever return, at least not in the way it was back then. And I hope for the day when I feel whole again and the warmth of her words to come back to me.

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from A Collection Of Things That Once Brought Peace, released June 30, 2014
Scott Johnson: Acoustic Guitar, Vocals

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White Veins Boston, Massachusetts

White Veins is a Boston based band comprised of guitarist and singer/songwriter Scott Johnson, producer/engineer/multi-instrumentalist Brad Bensko, Jac Spälti on drums, Garrett Jones on lead guitar, True Swayne on bass, and Jason Espinoza on synth.

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