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7​.​4​.​16

from 4​.​16 by Joseph Ruddleston

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lyrics

i could make
all the beautiful
things in the world
and it wouldn't
make me any
more like them.

my mouth can speak
pretty poems but
my lips wouldn't be
any more kissable
or my heart any
more loveable.

my eyes can see all
of the twinkling world
and stars but
there's nothing in me
to see like that

and as much as
i want to be held
just once
the way i've held
you in my thoughts—
tenderly, gently, with
soft ideas and
fantastical hope—
i can't see why
anyone would want to.

i'm just the looking glass
into small pockets
of shiny wonder in the world
and no one wants
to love something
that offers nothing
but a glance
when they could have
the things of beauty
themselves.

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from 4​.​16, released May 8, 2016
Words: Natcha Chipariwat
Music: Joseph Ruddleston

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Joseph Ruddleston Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn-based song-storyteller with all sorts of stuff pouring out of the holes in his voicebox.

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