Misc Originals – Cole Chrisman - A Fragile Dream (Guitar)

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I was twenty-two with a restless soul

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Thought miles could fix what time left broke

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Packed my life in a rusting car

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Chased thin air and distant stars

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Snow on the pass, hope in my chest

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I thought running was healing, I thought running was rest

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Oh the mountains don't save you, they just tell you the truth

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They're cold to your prayers, they don't care about the youth

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They'll lift you up high, then leave you all alone

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You don't lose your pain, it just follows you home

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But I'm still here when the snow melts down

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Still breathing in this high alpine town

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Ski every morning, drink every night

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Neon bars under frozen skies

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Temporary love, temporary names

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Seasonal promises going up in flames

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Rent climbs fast, wages crawl

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We laugh like tomorrow's not coming at all

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Oh the mountains don't save you, they just strip you bare

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They don't ask if you're ready, they don't notice all your fear

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The lifts keep on spinning even when someone's gone

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Another empty stool by the break of dawn

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But I'm still here when the snow melts down

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Trying to stay upright in this high alpine town

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There's a darkness here folks don't say out loud

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It hums beneath the frozen snow packed ground

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When the winter drags long and the tourist leave

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The silence weighs more than the cold can be

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Some don't make it back from a single wrong step

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Some fade away slow, some don't wake up yet

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Oh the mountains don't stop for your broken heart

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They don't draw the line between brave and hard

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You ski a little faster, you feel a little less

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Call it freedom, call it toughness

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But I'm still here when the snow melts down

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Learning how not to disappear in this high alpine town

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Pills pass easy, pain stays quiet

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Everybody's coping, no one denies it

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We call it recovery, we call it release

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Anything to buy a moment of peace

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Somewhere between the storms and all these years

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I learned how to sit with all this fear

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Learned how to say I'm not okay

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Learned how to let someone stay

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Built something honest, slow and true

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A life with roots, not just a view

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Oh the mountains didn't save me, but they taught me how

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To stand in the darkness and not bow out

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That beauty and hardships share the same sky

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Same cold stars, same reason why

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But I'm still here when the snow melts down

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A little lost, but I'm not alone now

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I was twenty-two with a restless soul

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Now I know some breaks don’t need to be whole

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I still chase the light when the nights feel long

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But I’ve learned where I belong