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Melancholy

from Betrayer by The On Fires

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about

Written about the grief that comes from unexpected loss. A friend of Max's sent her an email saying "Melancholy always follow me around. Softly now, but constantly a shadow."

lyrics

Sunday is the hardest day
I know exactly what you’re doing
I know exactly who you’re with and where you are
Try to occupy myself doing all the things you didn’t
Speaking tenderly in place of you

Melancholy still follows me around
Softly now but constantly a shadow

Sunday is the hardest day
You’re off living out your dreams
I stay home still practicing for mine
Memory of that tragic wakening
Knowing that you didn’t need me
Is the only thought that spurs me on

Melancholy still follows me around
Softly now but constantly a shadow
Melancholy still follows me around
Softly now but constantly a shadow

I hold on for one last dream
That you’ll come knocking at my door
If not for that one fantasy....there’s nothing

Melancholy still follows me around
Softly now but constantly a shadow
Melancholy still follows me around
Softly now but constantly a shadow

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from Betrayer, released March 1, 2010

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