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Not Hymn

by Lana Cosic

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1.
Slowly 03:08
When I was small, My mother pressed a seed in my hand She told me, “Love, don’t give this Just to any old man. Make sure he loves you Make sure he loves you This seed will grow In ways that you can’t understand Until you’re older, Don’t give this just to Any old man. Make sure he loves you. Make sure you love him.” Well, I’ve been racking my mind Just to realize why You walked away so quickly Never thought it could be Any more than things before You walked right out That open door Tell me Tell me tell me Slowly Free spirited, I loved you like a nightingale You pressed my lips with your Fingertips, ’til I thought I’d fail to love you To love you Hand in hand, We skipped dipping our feet in the water Figured head first Would make all our decisions smarter Test our blood for the strength To love each other Well, I’ve been racking my mind Just to realize why You walked away so quickly Never thought it could be Any more than things before You walked right out That open door Tell me Tell me tell me Slowly Heart will ache And leaves will wrap around Your shoulders Keep you warm, Until your spirits feel Much bolder Give you faith for the strength To love another Vines will mingle And wines will all begin to mix White and red, all black beneath Your dirty tricks Give you faith for the strength To love another Well, I’ve been racking my mind Just to realize why You walked away so quickly Never thought it could be Any more than things before You walked right out That open door Tell me Tell me tell me Slowly Tell me slowly Tell me tell me Slowly Tell me slowly Tell me tell me Slowly Tell me slowly Tell me tell me Slowly Tell me slowly Darling, darling Tell me I’ve been racking my brain Just to train myself To walk a little quickly Stop thinking it could be Any more than things before You walked right out That open door Tell me Tell me tell me Slowly
2.
Less Lonely 02:18
Brown eyes, why's your skin so cold? Let me warm that bottle up, I'll take it to the stove where we can Heat things up the way we'd like and Talk our bullshit through the night, Slowly losing both our sights To each one of your bedroom lights Darling don't you go away I'm falling into crevices In each one of your sways Won't you persuade me? I've been feeling left alone, And I'd like to feel less lonely A little less lonely Well, teach me ‘bout your favorite books, And I'll teach you my secret looks Play me all your jazzy songs And hope that I won't sing along 'Cause your voice is honey And mine's a dirty joke Kiss me all you want, but darling I'll be losing hope 'Cause in the morning you'll leave me And I will walk alone, Wishing you had fallen for me, Balconies and stones Darling don't you pull away I'm falling into crevices In each one of your sways Won't you persuade me? Darling, I will stay the night If it means feeling less lonely Any less lonely ‘Cause now I'm left with secrecies To block out what you mean to me Pray that you don't catch my eye When I step out to pass you by 'Cause I'm moving on, love, I'm on to better things You took your time, love, While I was suffering So, I’m moving on, love, I’m on to better things You took your time, love, while I was suffering So I said– I’m moving on, love I’m moving on, love I’m moving on, love I’m on to better things I said– I’m moving on, love I’m moving on, love I’m moving on, love I won’t feel lonely
3.
I ripped out the pages Of all the love letters That I told you that I wrote you I scattered them over The rooftops of cities Where I told you that I loved you And I've been thinking More often than I would like To admit To your friends, To your soul Perhaps there has been something wrong This whole time And now there's a place in my chest Where your heart used to rest Sleeping right next to mine And perhaps I left My rib cage far too open and It decided it would fly away From me In any case I am so sorely Sorry I'll be sitting here Sitting pretty 'Till you come around I'll be sitting here Sitting pretty 'Till you come around Looking for me Again Looking for me You were always Stubborn The way that your Eyes rolled back Into your head When I spoke But honey, You needed me Wrapped in your arms Each morning Whenever You woke And I've been thinking More often than I would like To admit To your friends, To your soul Perhaps there has been something wrong This whole time And now I am left with the keys In my hands And my fingertips are growing black go tell her you love her You idiot, hold her And kiss her till you've got her back I'll be sitting here Sitting pretty 'Till you come around Looking for me I'll be sitting here Sitting pretty 'Till you come around Looking for me Again
4.
How To Play 02:07
There's nothing like your smell, So intoxicating Rippling through my sleeves and 
 My knees are shaking You've got it all down to a science, I know I've got it bad Tell me that you've never been kissed And I will do it right by you, If you ask me to do Something that I've never said I could do Out loud I'm a little slow to the game now Show me all the steps And I will know how To play There's nothing like a head On your chest to test if You are what's best For me You let it all out, I let it all in It all comes naturally Tell me that you've never held hands And I will stand and Offer mine to you But darling, if you sit down far too fast Then I'll be dragged down too I'm a little slow to the game now Show me all the steps And I will know how To play There's nothing like the joy Of a boy who knows What futures will lie ahead, Who can talk the talk and Walk the walk, but knows When it's time for bed Tell me that you've never been loved And I will try my best To show you how You mingle with another soul But then you keep all of your vows I'm a little slow to the game now Show me all the steps And I will know how To play I'm a little slow to the game now Take your time to walk a little way now If you show me all the steps Then I will know how To play
5.
Happy 02:58
Take your time, walk the aisle Take a breath, breath a while Have you thought up any doubts? Youth is young, youth is bold Youth won't wait until you're old For you to decide about it now Take the time you need to breathe And take the space you need to see Perhaps there's something out there more than me Hold the hands you need to hold And kiss the lips you need to be sold on To find there's something more 'Cause I can't make you happy If you won't make me happy We have to let the happy Happen for us both If you can't make me happy Then why should you be happy If happiness is being set forth Take your time, take a walk Learn to think before you talk Your mind at all Count the hours, count the days See the spaces where I'd stay And wait for the fall Take the time you need to breathe And take the space you need to see Perhaps there's something out there more than me Hold the hands you need to hold And kiss the lips you need to be sold on To find there's something more 'Cause I can't make you happy If you won't make me happy We have to let the happy Happen for us both If you can't make me happy Then why should you be happy If happiness is being set forth Take my hand, let it go Take your love but don't you dare throw It to waste Youth is young, youth is bold But youth won't wait until your old For you to decide your fate I could make you happy If you would only let me But darling we are growing apart You could make me happy If darling you would just try Your toes are only inches From start

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released February 14, 2015

music & lyrics by Lana Cosic
produced by Alex Wasserman
cover art by Alexandra Pink

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