Second Nature

from Traveller's Shoes b/w Second Nature by John Bellows

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I know I'm just second nature to you
My thoughts embellish all the little things that you do
Until you left me high and dry
I swore I'd never let you down
But your silence was the only sound

Alone conversating with your ghost in my room
My heart torn by the shadows that forever consume
The dying embers of a fire you sparked
I swore I'd set myself aflame
To forsake damnation and feel your burn again

We forged our love with simple mysteries
All of my worldly pleasures buried in you
Just reveal my time here as obsolete
And if I pinned you down to the wrestling mat
You know exactly where I'd touch you at
Destroy my life or set me free

I'm bound, captivated with the slightest of ease
Deep down tantalizing with your skeleton key
But the locks and lies you left were your design
I swore I'd trap myself inside
Until you'd be my lonely, my one and only pal

We forged our love with simple mysteries
All of my worldly pleasures buried in you
Just reveal my time here as obsolete
And if that's where the heart attacks
Then that's exactly where I'm at
Destroy my life or set me free

You can talk if you want to
I don't mind if you do
You can talk if you want
Cause I've been talking too

You can talk if you want to
I don't mind if you do
You can talk if you want
Cause I've been talking too
I've been talking too
I've been talking too

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from Traveller's Shoes b/w Second Nature, released July 9, 2013

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John Bellows is a singer songwriter and home recorder from small town Kentucky, schooled in Chicago, and now back to the land in rural Washington.

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