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The Only Thing

from Borrowed Time by Birte Paulsen

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lyrics

From the playground and the school yard
To a winter night in spring
You were the angel and I played my part
As the devil who broke your wings


It’s been a whole long lifetime
And I tried hard to adjust
Since I got caught up in my own lies
Since I forgot just what I lost


And love might be the only thing
That I have never had
And love might be the only thing
That I would want instead


You were alive again last night
As I drove down Sunset Boulevard
And I wished I knew how to cry
As that pain ripped out my evil heart

And love might be the only thing
That I have never had
And love might be the only thing
That I would want instead


Like day and night in this city
Everything is a broken heart disease
I’ve come all the way from nowhere
And I am down on my knees


And although we were childhood friends
Flowers on the wall of my memory
Never wishing on stars but ourselves in the end
I let you die inside of me


And love might be the only thing
That I have never had
And love might be the only thing
That I would want instead

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from Borrowed Time, released June 30, 2016
Birte Paulsen - guitar, vocals
Alfie Weedon - double bass, vocals
Ben Weedon - violin

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Birte Paulsen Brighton, UK

Inspired by Folk, Chanson, Americana and Scandinavian eccentricity, Birte Paulsen and her band deliver dark Indie Folk with a sigh of Nordic melancholy and vocals that have drawn comparisons to Ane Brun, Lene Marlin or Agnes Obel.

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