James Doesn't Exist - I Will Be Optimistic

from Absent In Breath ::: Despondent In Force // Beaten Down ::: Tread Upon // If Apathy Is Death Then I've Been Living Under Soil // Burdened ::: The Bridge Collapses // Absent ::: Night Begins To Fall // The Island Will Disappear by Natty Gray and James Doesn't Exist

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lyrics

You And I Are Alive At The Same Time
I wish I could explain this concept
So simple in theory
But impossible to truly grasp
And it's beautiful
It's beautiful
we can't understand
Thank you life
Thank you life
I love you
I love everything
And You and i are alive at the same time

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from Absent In Breath ::: Despondent In Force // Beaten Down ::: Tread Upon // If Apathy Is Death Then I've Been Living Under Soil // Burdened ::: The Bridge Collapses // Absent ::: Night Begins To Fall // The Island Will Disappear, released February 21, 2015

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