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Yesterday My Hands, Tomorrow My Feet (EP)

by TLB // TheyLoveThem

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Oh, the sun is only up for an hour So in that time I guess I'll find Some raison d'Etre, some joie de vivre. Or maybe I will up and cry. Days are getting shorter. My attention span is getting shorter. My emotions are getting shorter. I need a ladder. I need a rope. I need someone, a hand to hold 'cause I can't climb out of this hole. Oh I can't climb my way out of this hole. The days are short and getting shorter. The dark cave twists and winds. I don't care too much about it; 'Cause I know that I'll be fine. I know that I can trust myself, and that I love myself, And that I don't need anybody else. I need a ladder. I need a rope. I need someone, a hand to hold 'cause I can't climb out of this hole. Oh I can't climb my way out of this hole. I just need someone to say "You are valid each and EVERY day!" I will say that to myself. I will say that to myself. "You are valid each and every day!" I will say that to myself. "I am valid each and every day!" I will say that to myself. "We are valid, each and every day!" I DON'T need a ladder. I DON'T need a rope. I DON'T need a hand to help me hold myself up when I'm in a hole like this. 'Cause I have music, and I have friends, and I have me until the end, and I have me until the end, and I have me until the end, and I love me until the end.
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There are many things I'd like to write a song about Like the war on planet Earth, or the criminals, no doubt! But sometimes people don't listen to the bad without the good, So I write about what I did that day: Today I ate a bowl of black bean soup! Today I ate a bowl of black bean soup! Today I ate a bowl of black bean soup! It was good, it was great, and also I don't agree with our current economic system! There are so many things that are wrong with this world. Like that there's an inequality in the amount of money that people will make. There isn't enough food to go around, but wait! Did I tell you what I ate today? Today I ate a bowl of black bean soup! Today I ate a bowl of black bean soup! Today I ate a bowl of black bean soup! Do you hear what I am trying to say? Like that we should care more about the fact that there are people DYING on our streets or that women make less money than men. There are so many dreams that people have that are lost. There are so many dreams that people have that will never come to fruition. People take for granted the time that we've got on this planet, it isn't that long. OH and did I mention? Sing along! Today I ate a bowl of black bean soup! Today I ate a bowl of black bean soup! Today I ate a bowl of black bean soup! Go outside and accomplish your dreams! Today I ate a bowl of black bean soup! Today I ate a bowl of black bean soup! Today I ate a bowl of black bean soup! Because if you don't accomplish your dreams, who will??? Today I ate a bowl of black bean soup! Today I ate a bowl of black bean soup! Today I ate a bowl of black bean soup! You have to work at them! YOU have to WORK at them!!! You have to WORK at them! WORK AT THEM! You have to work at them! You have to WORK AT THEM!
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Self-love is the only type of love. Self-love is what you need. Self-love is the only type of love. Without self-love, who would you be? You've gotta say "Hey! I love me that's all I need." You've gotta say "Hey! I am all I need." Self-love is the most important love. Self-love. Can't you hear me say? Self-love is the only type of love. Without self-love, who are you today? You've gotta say "Hey! I love me that's all I need." You've gotta say "Hey! I am all I need." Before you can love anybody else, you've gotta love yourself. And before you can love yourself, you've gotta like yourself. And before you can like yourself, you've gotta trust yourself. And before you can trust yourself, you've gotta know yourself. And before you can know yourself, you've... You've gotta say "Hey! I love me that's all I need." You've gotta say "Hey! I am all I need." You've gotta say "Hey! I love me that's all I need." You've gotta say "Hey! I am all I need." I am all I need. I am all I need. I am all I need. I am all I need. I am all I need. Self-love is the only type of love. Without self-love, who would you be?
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There are a trillion stars, a million stars, a billion stars in the Universe. Where are we among them? There are a trillion moons, a million moons, a billion moons in the Universe. Where are we among them? And with all the other life in the universe you love me. So don't ever think that I don't care. And with all the other life in the universe I love you. Sometimes I just don't understand. There are a trillion planets, a million planets, a billion planets in the Universe. Where are we among them? There are a trillion people, a million people, a billion people living on this planet, or planets like ours. And with all the other life in the universe you love me. So don't ever think that I don't care. And with all the other life in the universe I love you. Sometimes I just don't understand. Sometimes my brain just don't comprehend. So tell me you love me in English, and I'll tell you in French. Buy me lots of flowers, and I'll hold your hand. Feed me chocolates and I'll understand, the best I can That sometimes I love you even if you don't understand. That sometimes you love me even if I don't comprehend. That sometimes the universe isn't always our friend. But with all of the stars, and with all of the moons, and with all of the planets, and all of the Junes, and all of the people, and all of the life, and with all of the love, and with all of my might, and with all of the things in the Universe we don't understand. I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you. Je t'aime. I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you. Je t'aime.
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I Need Help 05:58
Will you row my boat across the lake? My arms are so heavy. My hands are trembling. My lips quake. Will you row my boat across the lake, please? I can't conceive of going any further on my own. I don't think it's a weakness to admit I'm weak. I don't think it's a weakness to admit I'm weak. I need help, and that's okay. Sometimes we all need help. Sometimes we give more than we take. And I've been dreaming about this day when I ask for your help and take something away. Will you hold my hand as I cross the street? My eyes are going quicker every day it seems. Yesterday my hands, tomorrow my feet. Maybe my teeth. I've worked so hard to be able to do this all alone. I don't think it's a weakness to admit I'm weak. I don't think it's a weakness to admit I'm weak. I need help, and that's okay. Sometimes we all need help. Sometimes we give more than we take. And I've been dreaming about this day when I ask for your help and take something away. I can't see anymore. Who would I be without your support? I can't hold anymore. But I can see and I can hear, and I be. And I am me. And I know that I can feel. Will you play the guitar for my songs? It's getting harder to strum. Every day it gets harder to go on. Will you write down all the words that I sing? Maybe in this small way I'll be remembered for something. I don't think it's a weakness to admit I'm weak. I don't think it's a weakness to admit I'm weak. I need help, and that's okay. Sometimes we all need help. Sometimes we give more than we take. And I've been dreaming about this day when I ask for your help and take something away. I need help, and that's okay. Sometimes we all need help. Sometimes we give more than we take. And I've been dreaming about this day when I ask for your help and take something away. When I ask for your help and take something away. When I ask for your help and take something...

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All lyrics and music ©Travis Love Benson
Edited and Mixed by Ultrasheep!
Mastered by Logic Paws Soundlab.

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released February 14, 2020

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