I may be 22 but I’m still living in a fort, Every single night’s like a sleepover in my mind, Mattress on the floor, Come on we’ll all fit in, Let’s talk shit for no reason until we see the sun again, I may be 22 but sometimes I still need to curl into a little ball, Underneath my doona so my breath can warm me up before I go to sleep, I pull my knees to my chest or send my feet to the ceiling cos my windows wide open and the air outside is crisp, And it is seeping in, And it is seeping in, Yeah it is creeping in, Every morning sleeping in, I may be 22 but my favourite show is still a cartoon, And when I find some time with nothing to do, I only ever wanna see my friends and play a game of uno or two, Three or four, Maybe more, Please refer to the fifth and the sixth lines of this song, Then maybe you can come along, I may be 22 but I’m still scared of every single person I meet, What they’ll think of me, When will I be free? From the voices in my head, They’re screaming at me constantly, This anxiety will truly be the death of all of us, And everything you’re hearing now is only barely on the cusp, But it is seeping in, Yeah it is seeping in, Yeah it is creeping in, Every morning sleeping in, Every morning sleeping in, Every morning sleeping in, Every morning sleeping in,

Who on earth was she? That girl from my dream, Where on earth were we? How familiar it seemed, But only in pieces, The whole was askew, I witnessed all seasons, I saw them in you, Softness of skin, Silk fingertips, Beauty within, Strawberry lips, Who on earth was she? Much more than a glance, Where on earth were we? Our eyes start to dance, Swimming in iris, Wading through wine, Longing for unison, All of the time, Your back on my hand, Or so it did seem, Magnetic gravity, Fireworks, Dream, Who on earth was she? The answer is clear, Where on earth were we? Nowhere my dear, The truth is not perfect, The answer uncertain, This life full of mystery, We saw under the curtain, A moment in mind when our psyches crossed paths, A stroke of pure brilliance with no future or past, Created to witness, Not alone, She was there, A story co-written, Co-dreamt and co-shared, I believe that entirely, I know it did happen, Somewhere out in this consciousness is a girl unimagined, Now when I close my eyes every night in this stream, I do hope I meet her, That girl from my dream.

Standing in my bathroom as the moon fell through the clouds, To the ground, Not a sound was made as it was coming down, I turned around, You took my hand but didn’t say a word, May seem absurd to say I heard the voices in your head in mine, As we grew intertwined, Time stopped but it was fine, I’m trying, To find the meaning in this lovely dream of mine, Lovely dream? Its sounding much more like a nightmare, You’re right there, You weren’t scared? Well no cos you were right there, What do you mean? I mean it just so seems to me that all the themes inside this dream were pointing out what I couldn’t see, see? This class is super boring and I just can’t seem to focus, I just can’t seem to listen which is unlike me, You know this, I mean I guess you do, I hope it’s, Truly shining through the abyss, Amidst the trysts of utter bliss are all the words on your lips, And all the words you whisper are so eloquently given, For the things you say transcend this life, This egotistic prison, And when you sing it’s like the moon lights up so it can listen, For the things you say commend this life, True self in me has risen, True self in me is rising, I’ve still got a lot to learn, True self in me is rising, I’ve still got a lot to learn, There is something about your presence that I just can’t deny There’s a rhythm to your essence and it moves like the complex colours swimming in your eyes, There is something about your presence that I just can’t deny There’s a rhythm to your essence and it moves like the complex colours swimming in your eyes, So when the world is finally ending I want you to stay the night, We can dance in acid rain, Laugh up to the sky, Cos we know that we’re never gonna die, Dance in acid rain, Laugh up to the sky, Cos we know that we’re never gonna die, Dance in acid rain, Laugh up to the sky, Cos we truly know that we’ll never die,

Stillness and quiet and darkness engulf me while the world keeps on turning beyond, The window and walls are the armour surrounding while the moment is simply a song, Are you really there? Or am I just dreaming? With words scripting stories in time with eye movement, Are you real at all? Or am I naïve to believe that such beauty could truly unfold? If it can I relinquish control, To the soul, Feel the bass coming down through the speakers, Through my skull to my feet at beds head, Though we lay there for hours, We’re sleepless, Tasting energy through pores and in breath, (X4) World, Commotion stopped, Tree, Fall to ocean, Breath, At depth we meet, Time, Explained in death, Feel the bass coming down through the speakers, Through my skull to my feet at beds head, Though we lay there for hours, We’re sleepless, Tasting energy through pores and in breath, (X4) Are you really there? Are you real at all? Or am I naïve to believe that such beauty could ever truly behold? Are we here together right now? Cos if we are then I probably won’t sleep, I’ll just savour the moment instead, But if we’re not that’s okay, I’ll succumb to the music and live on in the life in my head, Feel the bass coming down through the speakers, Through my skull to my feet at beds head, Though we lay there for hours, We’re sleepless, Tasting energy through pores and in breath, (X4) My absolute disdain for social media is something that continues to grow as the days go by and it’s great because I don’t have to be mad about it, Instead I can just keep distancing myself from it more and more, Of-course I notice myself in the old trap from time to time but the rarity of these events is increasing to that the events themselves do not, Time with you has rapidly progressed this process for a bunch of reasons, Time feels like it comes to a complete stop when you’re around, Like nothing else exists beyond the field of vision that includes you in it, As we walk down any street that maybe one of us knows, It’s as if the only reason the shop lights are on and people are talking is because we’re there, If we weren’t there in that moment then no one else would be, The lights would be off, Cars wouldn’t be driving past, Nothing would be happening if we weren’t there to see it happen, I feel like this is something I’ve always believed in myself anyway, The old question of a tree falling in a forest and whether it makes a noise if no one hears it, With you though this question isn’t that, It’s continually and passionately answered with every single moment that seems to pass us by faster than the spinning of the Earth among the stars, And though linear time escapes us much more hurriedly than what we’d like, I believe our timeline takes on a world of its own, As if we step out of the illusion for however long we can get away with it before the regularities of everyday life are thrusted back into our psyche and therefore our immediate reality, Though this is not what I desire, It also isn’t shocking, The time spent in our world is so immensely powerful, insightful, and completely overflowing with a cocktail of pure joy and love, so that even stepping back into the preconceived ‘real’ world can be handled with a springy step and goofy smile, I do feel a sort of come down every time the distance between us increases after we’ve been together but this is never something that controls me or diminishes the time spent, Time spent with you isn’t spent, It’s given to me like water given to the Earth from the heavens and light shared with the moon by the sun, I could go on, And I will, But for a little while I better revel in the glory of knowing a little but more about you than I did 24 ‘real’ hours ago.

What if I tried a different way? What if I stood up and said ‘I’m gonna be myself’ today? What if I left you behind? What if you lied and you told me that you’re mine? I love you, But I don’t want to, I love you, But I don’t want to, I love you, But I don’t want to, I love you, But I don’t want to, Dear Ellie, You smelly, Like super super sorta hellish, But your smile is so delish, It’s what I miss, Brings me the bliss, Your gift is fine, Your light it shines, Just so devine, Won’t you please be my… Stupid sorta best-friend, Call me on the weekend, If you don’t I’ll hit you up and ask if your life still sucks, Pull you out of a rut, Make sure that you laugh like never before, Take a look out the door and I’m there, In a chair made of hair, Maybe swinging from a tree, Looking at you happily, Be free now came and have a dance with me, And we can sail to the stars, In my car we’ll go so far, Smelly Ellie take the wheel, Tell me how you really feel, About the deal that congealed up inside your silly head, Made you think you should be dead, I’ve got a better idea instead, Let’s have a j and go to bed, I love you, But I don’t want to, I love you, But I don’t want to, I love you, But I don’t want to, I love you, But I don’t want to.