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Turn back the clock,
I’ll listen when you talk,
I’ll disguise all the things that you tell me to stop.
Find the needles are stacked,
Stabbing me in the back,
All the pins on the wings of your butterfly mat.

Can you offer advice,
Other than to think twice?
I’m afraid to admit that maybe you were right.
I’m an awful excuse,
A disgusting perfume,
I’m the scraped bottom barrel in bargain bin shoes.

I’m a laugh.
I’m a joke.
And I’m funny enough to illicit your groans,
When I talk,
When I speak,
When I do what I do just trying to be me.

When we sit under darkness,
Inside your apartment,
And we go round in circles like racetracks of logic,
I begin to agree,
We just weren’t meant to be,
But you read like a sonnet in my romantic novel.

You’re the break in the fog,
You’re a lighthouse turned on,
You’re the object of wonder that’s under my covers.
Now you’re pulling away,
Say you’re needing some space,
So I’ll build you a rocket and watch you leave my orbit.

I’ll wait.
And I’ll pray.
But you’ve got to return cuz I let you fly away.
That’s the rule.
That’s a fact.
And it’s what I’ve been told don’t just sit there and laugh.

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from 52 Songs / 52 Weeks: Vol. IV, released February 1, 2021

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Paul Oneto San Francisco, California

A songwriter who resides in the nostalgic, Paul Oneto’s music has been described as if “recalling memories from a life you’ve never experienced.”

With the melodic ambient qualities of artists like Band of Horses and haunting lyrical stylings reminiscent of Jeff Buckley, Paul can be seen performing throughout the Bay Area, sharing heartfelt songs that explore love, life, and loneliness. ... more

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