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What This Will Mean

by The Polluted Shades

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Initially written for the podcast "When Will Merthur Kiss?"

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I had my hand held out for you
You never took it, so I never knew
Just what you were hiding, and what I was hiding
I know I think I know what’s right
There’s more than one side to this fight
There’s more than one way to start a fire

I am building the stuff of future in my dreams
Awaking from and shaking off
The places I know I’ve never been (I’ve never been)

Pillows fraying at the seams
It seems to me there’s secrets you’re keeping
But I can see them in my dreams
You can’t keep the truth away from me
I’ll discover exactly what this will mean

Love you like a brother but a brother I don’t trust
Love you like a father and speak out when you’re unjust
And I’ll find the hourglass that holds your patience and let it all run out
My smiles hold nothing but your grief
In a house of slaughter it’s no wonder I grew up to be a thief
There’s something wrong with being careful when you’re careful with your love

I am building the stuff of future in my dreams
Awaking from and shaking off
The places I know I’ve never been (I’ve never been)

Pillows fraying at the seams
It seems to me there’s secrets you’re keeping
But I can see them in my dreams
You can’t keep the truth away from me
I’ll discover exactly what this will mean

Pillows fraying at the seams
It seems to me there’s secrets you’re keeping
But I can see them in my dreams
You can’t keep the truth away from me
I’ll discover exactly what this will mean

You won’t give me a teacher
So I’ll teach myself from scratch
My tactics are my fathers and
My father would attack
I don’t belong at home
So I’ll make sure
They don’t want me back

Our puzzle pieces fit together
But fear means that we might never
See the picture as it could be seen
You told me not to trust myself
I lost me, gained no one else
You’re wedded to a future I can’t believe

I am building the stuff of future in my dreams
Awaking from and shaking off
The places I know I’m gonna be (I'm gonna be)

Pillows fraying at the seams
It seems to me there’s secrets you’re keeping
But I can see them in my dreams
You can’t keep the truth away from me
I’m the one who’ll decide what all of this will mean

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released March 26, 2018
Lyrics: Alfie Coates
Music: Angharad Davies
Recording / Performance: Angharad Davies

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The Polluted Shades London, UK

The Polluted Shades make fanfiction and cultural criticism except it's in the form of pop music.

We are a unique, queer, non-binary two hander.

Alfie does the words and Angharad does the music. ... more

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