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Coping Mechanisms

by Shai-Li

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CHORUS: Someday my world will be gone Everything I've ever known Will cease to exist Fade into a memory, Why don't you Because love ain't supposed to last Infatuation's a temporary Mask VERSE I should'a known better I should have remembered That my heartstrings tend to break My elasticity well never stay the same So full of impatience So sick and tired of waiting for the day You're unable to control me I wish I was afraid CHORUS: Someday my world will be gone Everything I've ever known Will cease to exist Fade into a memory, Why don't you Because love ain't supposed to last Infatuation's a temporary Mask
2.
VERSE Wake me with A soft, golden kiss Planted by Sweet, golden lips Hold me in The center of your palm Carry me In strong, glowing arms And we'll rise together CHORUS I am naked I am new You paint with shadows on my bedroom wall And I dance for you I'm reborn In soft dew You bring me choirs of mourning doves And I sing for you I sing for you VERSE Touch me tenderly Embrace my smiling cheeks Make conversation With shadow puppets on my sheets Bathe me Tuck me in, oh so sweet You whisper, "Try not to miss me too much while you sleep" OUTRO For I'll see you in the morning I'll see you in the morning, dove I'll see you in the morning And we'll rise together We'll rise together We'll rise together We'll rise together We'll rise together We'll rise together We'll rise together
3.
VERSE Baby Jane, I've been watching you I see you sitting there across the room I'm tryna Draw you a picture, I can't get it right I wonder Why your eyes never look the same way twice Lips the color of sweet champagne She's a Firey lion with a red hot mane I've see a ghost Have you ever seen the sun? A skeleton walking, but don't wanna run CHORUS Baby Jane, Baby Jane Baby Jane, Baby Jane Baby Jane (uh) (x4) VERSE Baby Jane, so nervous when she talks The words all spill out and I just can't keep up Don't get me wrong I wanna hear your thoughts That pretty little mind is a work of art The sky reflects itself in your vision I know it might seem crazy, but I have good intentions With my obsession You're just so fascinating, you see A quiet acquaintance takes hold over me, yeah CHORUS(x2)
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VERSE My city is underwater I returned to find a sea You took a home of blooming gardens You stole its air to breathe I think I really hate The way I have to change for you Why should I? I wish I could take Everything away from you Your new life PRE-CHORUS I'll try to be brave I'll try to be sane I'll to engrain I'll try to explain Now where did you go? Where did you go? Where do I go? HOOK It's not a mistake It's a decision You taught me to be honest But you lie in my presence You wanna talk love I thought you possessed it Instead you CHORUS Packed a bag and you took Everything I ever knew, I Want to trust you, but How are you so okay, okay I'll try to be brave I'll try to be sane Now where did you go Where do I go VERSE Tell me how you're the one Still breathing You're the one who orchestrated, deceiving Imagination overload I never could have made this But you've made it Blue is the emotion Of the city Don't you wanna live here, down under? What took you so long To open your treasure chest? HOOK It's not a mistake It's a decision You wanna talk love I wanna talk fixing what you've broken I wanna take away all of the damage OUTRO I know You're feeling guilty I'm not sure what to say Stability taken away
5.
VERSE I wanna be a forest fire A starting anew A rebirth under a blood orange moon I wanna be the ocean tide A mysterious blue Holding home to creatures like you BRIDGE I wanna be the chattering birds Singing high in the tree tops CHORUS I wanna be I wanna be VERSE I wanna be your summer dream Hold me for a moment For our time is fleeting And the autumn wind will soon bring us back BRIDGE I wanna be The clouds of a storm Won't you meet me in the eye Electrified CHORUS I wanna be I wanna be OUTRO A forest fire A forest fire I wanna be (Hold me for a moment, for our time is)
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VERSE Time travels quick I don't remember how I came To stand in this place But I've been here before Every morning My vision's blurred And the light plays tricks Tag, you're it I swim to the fog CHORUS And I can't stay away And I can't fill this space And how am I supposed to find A fraction of my piece of mind VERSE Time travels slow Don't you notice that I pretend That I don't dream? (I swim, I swim) In vivid colors And shades of blue I am nothing to you CHORUS OUTRO CHORUS

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Coping Mechanisms was written, arranged, performed, engineered, produced, and mixed by Shai-Li.

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released June 18, 2018

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Shai-Li Kalamazoo, Michigan

25-year-old singer-songwriter, performer, producer, and artist based out of kalamazoo, mi.
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