crying like a dancer

from Leitmotif by The Ant Farm Collective

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i heard you crying like a dancer
wearing broken dancing shoes
whose toes were frayed and bloody
could feel the ribbons coming loose
but every tear that fell
spoke of memories that tell

you cannot mourn a life while you're choking on regrets
you cannot lose a life you've not lived for yourself

i heard you laughing without echoes
despite a hollowness inside
while blinded by the footlights
and torn by familiar cruel punchlines
but every single smile that froze
told of experience that shows

you cannot mourn a life while you're choking on regrets
you cannot lose a life you've not lived for yourself

whatever you choose to do bear in mind
i cannot dream for you
you're living your own life
you're living your own life

i heard you talking like lonely people do
you were talking to your own shadow
distinctions became unclear, confused
between things you do and do not know
yet every answer that you gave
to all the questions remained the same

you cannot mourn a life while you're choking on regrets
you cannot lose a life you've not lived for yourself

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from Leitmotif, released December 10, 2015
written by tim o’connor

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Tim O'Connor Hull, UK

Tim O'Connor is an English Folk/Rock songwriter based in Yorkshire, UK, Performing & recording since the late Seventies, Tim has released a large catalogue of albums, 39 to date, available on his record label, Uilleand Music.

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cowfisH, from 1992 onwards.

The Ant Farm Collective, from 2014-2017.

Tim O’Connor & the Poachers 2018- ... more

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