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Thank You For the Flowers

by NAPS

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1.
Mark My Word 05:00
Mark my word it's fair You should have the good life, indeed Hold your head up, you'll see Mark my word for now You should have a long life, I believe The air keeps coming free I thought if I could leave this world Only for a minute I'd see what's truly happening Deep within it I know it's wrong to say That I almost did it But now I'm living in the world Instead Mark My Word Touch the ground and say Thank you to the good life Its yours Because life is flashing through you it's free and real and always Forget about the past Because life is flashing by Your heart is looking out As you're looking at the world And there;s a feeling of ok as you're living in the world I think its fair to say That i gave up on the past I'm here now with full embrace
2.
Jump 04:53
Your life is catching up with you You can’t fight it So you collapse into a timeless void Change Changing meaning, changing time, changing direction The force is on your side Although you can’t feel it There is no gap Feel the creeping fever I can hear it wallow I’m a driving force And I give it all I can feel it in my heartbeat I can see the mirror in the dark I am not alone So jump Don’t go and try hard to find me I’m lost deep in the wire Don’t go I’m trying to change I know it’s finally arranged Sorry that I feel this way, I’ve got another thing coming You can’t move and so you freeze Along with everyone around you Redirect and start over With relief on your side And a pause into silence You’re part of that team of forces And all you can control is your grip It’s hardly art It’s survival And it’s sometimes creeping along Yet still on your side Something turns to nothing Only temporary And then nothing, back to something Only temporary Beginning once again You are not alone You are the universe And when the stars collide Darkness turns to light It all slows down And you are done fighting For now I can feel the hours They will pass right through you It’s a driving force And it takes it all I can hear it speeding You can’t catch the minute if you try You are not alone So jump
3.
Standstill 04:34
Stand still for a second The ground’s not going anywhere Be still for a second I’m not going anywhere But you are all the time So I tell you to stop moving But I’m really just jealous that you are I wanna move all the time like you Wake up and work the days away I wanna thrive like you Be alive like you But I still keep struggling with my own. Slow down just a little You're talking too much But it’s not about nothing It’s about your beautiful creative thoughts You’re free in your joy and peace You cry when you need to And you laugh all the time You are child-like, you play And you do what you say Truly admirable ways I wish I could be more like you
4.
Tell Me Why 04:04
This is true dedication Your the one that i promised to love Take the truth to the ocean You can lay there in despair You're the one that you warned me about You can tell me the truth, I'm fine You pretend that you don't want to know But then you lie for growth Tell me why You didn't want to know Together we will fall away I'm holding on for you today Tell me why You can only see That the mystery is gone Tell me the truth about all of your doubts Don't get in the way of your thoughts I am the one that you fell in love with The truth is in there to see Save it all Together we will fall away I'm holding on for you today Tell me why I will never know The shadow side of life Is gone
5.
I'm not beautiful The way you are I am beautiful The way you're not I'm not honorable The way you are Yet I'm honorable The way you're not Forgive yourself for your mistakes And don't condemn others for theirs I'm not judging you The way you are Yet I'm judging me The way you're not Stay a while Why don't you, friend If you can Forgive yourself for your mistakes And don't condemn others for theirs I am not afraid The way you are Yet I am afraid The way you're not Forgive yourself for your mistakes And don't condemn others for theirs
6.
I'm pretending everything will be ok So I don't panic myself away The truth is that no one really ever knows It takes forever for the heart to regrow Forever exists only in the heart You were full of surprises Brought me the biggest sunflower I'd ever seen It sat there open like my heart Now it sits without a stem in the ground, you see How will it live without a stem in the ground Forever exists only in the heart I'm sure you are hurting too I really want to feel something loving for you But all my feelings are sure reserved For someone special Who can make me feel heard Forever exists only in the heart Yet the heart is fragile It;s changing Like time and feelings changing
7.
I know the truth about the reindeer I know the truth behind the owls I know the truth behind the outdoors I know the truth behind your eyes The truth behind the light Its like a fire burning bright Its like a mirage turning white So step into the light it's like a fire burning bright Step into the light I know the truth about the reindeer And I know the truth behind the light The truth behind it
8.
I’m a grounded person When I try to catch myself From falling to far down Into the pit of big blackness I tell you, I don’t wanna be codependent with you I just wanna be In love with you I’m a stable person When my meds are working well I’m a stable person When I get up and take care of myself But I don’t know how to do that perfectly That’s why I don’t wanna be codependent with you I just wanna love you sweetly And show you who I am Honesty is unfamiliar to me When I try hard I can see it simply I’m a stable person when I take care of myself But I don’t wanna let you down anymore That’s why I don’t wanna be codependent with you I just want to love you sweetly And show you who I am
9.
My heart is troubled over this one There’s no such game as pay the price in my life No one should have to endure to stay alive Joy is your right it’s your life She said be easy on yourself Give yourself a break But my heart just broke open a little more Because I don’t know how But I know it’s is my right It’s my life My heart is troubled over this one And no one seems to understand And if they do, they understand it different And it’s easier for them to let it go I am different from you You are different from me We are different from each other There's a different way to be

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thank you for the flowers.

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released August 22, 2017

Recorded and engineered by Phillip Haut, Los Angeles
Produced by Phillip Haut and Paris Patt
Mastered by Matt Lynch @ Mysterious Mammal

Naps are:
Tamala Poljak /// Voice, guitar
Paris Patt /// Guitar, organ, synth, voice
Allen Bleyle /// Drums, bass, voice
Oscar Santos /// Bass
Julie Fowells /// Violin

Special Guests:
Jason P. Grisell /// Voice
Jessica Catron /// Cello
Steve Gregoropoulos /// Piano
Dan Eaton /// Trombone

All songs written by Tamala Poljak in collaboration with Paris Patt.
Lyrics by Tamala Poljak.

Copyright 2016.

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