The Pedestal
from Motion Canvas by Forging Reverie
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lyrics
I cannot forget what went unsaid
As positive energies fled
Out of me - Into you (Out of me - Into you)
I cannot remember the moment
When I began to pretend
These negativities true
I could never quite find myself within you
A pretender who would find himself without you
My dear lover - My dear friend
Confidante - Whatever it would’ve meant
Such fools were we to think we’d ever fully grasp
The meaning of the words (So what if we had?)
As it broke in your embrace
My pride exposed a lack of pace
I’ll take it in stride and find my own, instead
Even if you stole my grace
It doesn’t mean I’ve lost the race
I’m letting the sunshine fill my lungs, again
I’d place you on the pedestal, princess
Any time you’d manifest
And I’d surrender all my colors to you (Frame the shot - Focus the lens)
I’d raise you up and bow out
As I’d fade to gray
And you’d radiate (Out of the frame - Off of the canvas)
A lack of color - A lack of confidence
I’ll take it back - I will make my own amends
Such tools were they in your hands
Had I ever asked for anything in return? (I suppose I had)
Go ahead and call it fake
It’s plain to see I’m not the same
I’m breathing the life back into my own chest
Just because you felt nothing
Doesn’t mean that I’ve been bluffing
I’m treating your lack of faith as my own test
Just because you never knew
Who I’d been before you
Doesn’t mean I’m going to pretend
That I am only what you’ve seen
Don’t you roll your eyes at me
I’ve realized you don’t know who I am (yet)
I could never quite find myself within you
A pretender who would find himself without you
As positive energies fled
Out of me - Into you (Out of me - Into you)
I cannot remember the moment
When I began to pretend
These negativities true
I could never quite find myself within you
A pretender who would find himself without you
My dear lover - My dear friend
Confidante - Whatever it would’ve meant
Such fools were we to think we’d ever fully grasp
The meaning of the words (So what if we had?)
As it broke in your embrace
My pride exposed a lack of pace
I’ll take it in stride and find my own, instead
Even if you stole my grace
It doesn’t mean I’ve lost the race
I’m letting the sunshine fill my lungs, again
I’d place you on the pedestal, princess
Any time you’d manifest
And I’d surrender all my colors to you (Frame the shot - Focus the lens)
I’d raise you up and bow out
As I’d fade to gray
And you’d radiate (Out of the frame - Off of the canvas)
A lack of color - A lack of confidence
I’ll take it back - I will make my own amends
Such tools were they in your hands
Had I ever asked for anything in return? (I suppose I had)
Go ahead and call it fake
It’s plain to see I’m not the same
I’m breathing the life back into my own chest
Just because you felt nothing
Doesn’t mean that I’ve been bluffing
I’m treating your lack of faith as my own test
Just because you never knew
Who I’d been before you
Doesn’t mean I’m going to pretend
That I am only what you’ve seen
Don’t you roll your eyes at me
I’ve realized you don’t know who I am (yet)
I could never quite find myself within you
A pretender who would find himself without you
credits
from Motion Canvas,
released October 30, 2012
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Forging Reverie New Hampshire
Forging Reverie, our passion project of eight years, unofficially crawled to a stop by early 2015 with a handful of
unfinished songs. As of yet, no tapes have been burned. : )
Where we’ve been…
Derek and Justin’s casual, guitar-gear podcast: youtube.com/@TheToneControl
Justin’s audio production studio: jaysongstudio.com
Tye’s visual design business (& someday new music): www.tyenewton.com
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