The Shape of Phantom Leaves

by Justus Rollins

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1.	Bleed For Me 01:07	lyrics	buy track
Don't let my burdens be your baby Never leave your lovely daydream to die Who am I to anybody else but you? A dandelion on your breeze I'd bleed for your relief
2.	So They Say 03:40	lyrics	buy track
I want to feel tomorrow today When everyone's departed Gone their own way Isolation won't keep you safe You cannot hide forever, or so they say There's never been a reason To drift outside your lines Go beyond your walls Beyond your walls Accepting each illusion as fate Wake up every morning in a different state I was a different person then But every abrupt conclusion can begin again The fountain's frozen over So no more sips of life I'll feel more sober over time You want to see the future To make it turn out right But you can do no wrong You can do no wrong
3.	A Deep Breath 03:44	lyrics	buy track
An echo in the chamber Keeps the air alive Taking shapes of nonsense The mind preoccupies itself with Thinking out loud When no one's around Where does the time go? Floating on echoes from Within Without Breathe in Breathe out Rebuild Decay Whatever comes your way Inhale so deep Breathe out in relief Asleep Awake Whatever comes your way A shadow in the window Won't affect the view It just obscures What's pure to you Assurance from the source With no remorse The sun can't say it waits for tomorrow There's only today What happens now is all there is What was is kept alive...
4.	Melting 01:28	lyrics	buy track
I'm seeping in your scars I'm melting in your arms
5.	Time On Ice 05:20	lyrics	buy track
Writing down What's left of my thoughts by now Somehow, there are whispers Distant noises Aimless spirits in the void And all that's felt in the numbness: I'm a victim I'm the culprit I'm existence I'm persistent This dimension is my home But I can't feel it Imprisoned by the now, it's too far gone Awaiting change all along No time will pass the past A broken mast gets us nowhere It's been fruitless frozen in place The snowflakes settle on my face Sensations far too familiar Empty my headspace I can't feel it Every movement is based on feeling How you feel when you can't decide Always nothing, but never revealing why
6.	Inner Pieces 02:47	lyrics	buy track
Let the clouds roll by I've never minded standing in the rain The tiny bullets on my skin I've been like this before Only this time, it's in someone else's dream And my inner piece is in pieces All the trees are left leafless And every dreamer's left sleepless It leaves believers beliefless Beneath this view How could you be sad when life is all you have?
7.	Dryspell 04:44	lyrics	buy track
The reservoir runs dry I can't see my reflection in the well The moments I can tell are fleeting At least they'll keep you pegged until the next When will I wake up? Or have I died again? Have I died again? Now and then I seem to fall back down again Seasons come and seasons go This season's all I've ever known So it seems to me, at least Until next season comes to be To set me free So long, so long Won't you need to breathe? What keeps entering your lungs? I'm underwater in a dry spell of desire That's one way to go When will I take up All the space my mind allows? When will I wake up? Or have I died again somehow? I give my life to the ground A sound inside comes out...
8.	Carousels 03:26	lyrics	buy track
Strung out in disbelief Seemed to have reached a momentary low Afraid of what lies beneath What I've allowed to float around Infinite carousels slowing down

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Hello.

I wanted to include a few paragraphs describing the recording process of the album here, but I don't feel like it is significant to the songs as a whole at this point. I suppose what you hear is what you get.

Many thanks and much love to the listeners, as well as the spirits that inspired what they are listening to.

-J

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released January 23, 2018

All songs written, performed, recorded, and produced by Justus Rollins
Album art by Gabriela Holloman

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