This Is Not A Song

from A Sleep & A Forgetting by Islands

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lyrics

if Penny rolls away
i will have lost everything
in many subtle ways
i already don't have anything
i hate to watch you go
Nick, if you ever learn it never shows

this is not a song
so why do i find it so hard to move on?
feels a crime to be crying for this long

in upper atmosphere my head comes loose
and in the free fall, i can feel the blues
i hate to watch you go
Nick, if you ever learn, it never shows

if this is just a song
then why do i find it so hard to move on?
feels a crime to be crying for this long

credits

from A Sleep & A Forgetting, released February 14, 2012
Nick: vocals, piano, baritone guitar
Geordie: guitar, hammond C3 organ, violin
Evan: bass
Luc: drums, percussion

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Islands Los Angeles, California

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Apr 27

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Dublin, Ireland
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Prim's Bookshop

Cork, Ireland
May 3

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Berlin, Germany

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