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A Hard Love to Kill

from Wildernessed (album) by Patrick Burke

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A Hard Love to Kill
(Music and Lyrics, Patrick Burke)

You won't believe the things I don't remember
I don't recall the color of your eyes
But I can't forget the very day you fell for me
There are emotions and thoughts that never die

I call but never get an answer
I rest my head upon my hand
I look through glass, I look through words,
I look through windows
I look inside but still don't understand

Oh no the world moves on to slow
I get impatient for a change
And I've tried to keep what seems to drift away
I've tried to tell what's
Black and white from grey

I wonder if you ever look at pictures
I wonder if you ever hear those songs
Sometimes I catch you shadow in the mirror
I wonder what I did that was so wrong

I still remain as viewless as I ever was
The views that I retain I can't defend
I'm tearing at the world,
I'm tearing out the page
That tells me how the story starts to end.

Overblown, this cause is overblown
Just tell me what you think and I'll go home
Really there were you really there

Sometimes I don't believe the things I know
Your feelings must be hidden deep inside you
Like ancient relics kept within a shrine

I'm not so sure I never feel their presence
I'm not so sure I never feel they're mine
I don't know why I write these words
And sing these songs
I don't know if it's futile just to try
But the feelings that were
Overflowing yesterday
Are too persistent to be drowned out with a lie

No matter what you think I may be saying
No matter what I sound like in this song
My heart will only be here for the taking
No matter if you think that's right or wrong

All my friends appear to come and go
I seem to lose more than I make
Last night I dreamt that I was losing ground
I feel the same when I'm awake

Oh no the world moves on to slow
I get impatient for a change
And I've tried to keep what seems to slip away
I've tried to tell what's
Black and white from grey

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from Wildernessed (album), released June 16, 2017

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Patrick Burke Portland, Oregon

"When I first listened to this CD, I felt like I was experiencing some kind of magic — the music and lyrics reach the listener with ease and echo in your head afterward, leaving you wondering about the inspiration."

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