ONCE

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Sometimes, there's no coming back from a relationship that turned into friendship and then turned sour... And sometimes there is.

We get older, wiser (allegedly) and somewhere along the lines, the past is no longer present... Or is it? Is it so easy to sidestep the issues that brought about the end of this friendship? And now we're here, where do we go from here?

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SHE SAID : ‘WOULD YOU TALK TO ME ONCE MORE
THE WAY WE ALWAYS TALKED BEFORE?

CAUSE I WONDER HOW YOU ARE
WON’T YOU TELL ME THE STORY SO FAR?’

‘THOUGH I’M AFRAID OF WHAT YOU’D SAY
I WANT TO HEAR YOU ANYWAY
DON’T LET THIS NIGHT WASTE AWAY

WON’T YOU SPEAK TO ME ONCE MORE
THE WAY YOU ALWAYS TALKED BEFORE ?’

BUT I’M NOT RID OF ALL HER GHOSTS
AND HER DESIRE TO IGNORE
WHAT LEAD US HERE
KEEPS THE WOUNDS UNHEALED

WHEN ONCE SHE WAS
ONCE SHE WAS

AND ONCE SHE WAS
THE VISION COME ALIVE

BUT ONCE SHE WAS
ONCE SHE WAS
BUT ONCE SHE WAS
THE KNIFE THROUGH MY HEART

WHAT IS TRUST BUT TO BE SHAMED
THERE’S NO CONNECTION, ANYWAY
CARELESSLY, THROWN AWAY

THERE’S HONESTY IN PERFIDY
THE POETRY OF IRONY
THE ABYSS STARING BACK AT ME
AGAIN

WHEN ONCE SHE WAS
ONCE SHE WAS
AND ONCE SHE WAS
THE VISION COME ALIVE

BUT ONCE SHE WAS
ONCE SHE WAS
BUT ONCE SHE WAS THE
KNIFE THROUGH MY HEART

ONCE WE WERE
ONCE WE WERE
BUT FOR THE LIES

WHERE ARE WE NOW?
WHERE ARE WE NOW?

WERE
ARE WE GOING
FROM HERE?

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from ANALOG DAYS E.P., released June 28, 2023

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Ahráyeph Leuven

Prog, Goth, Rock, something music-y. Definitely dark. Dark is good. If you like dark music with the odd odd time signatures thrown in with the melancholy, this is your place to be.

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