Name: The Boat I Am Building
Duration: P00H03M34S
Description: this song was inspired by kaveh akbar.

The Boat I Am Building

from Idiot in Bloom by Avishay

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this song was inspired by kaveh akbar.

lyrics

i love what you wasted for me
moondust, now you fade into my life

glow up through the waving wheat
i show up but you turn away from me

something is coming, i wait and i wait for the sun
i'm trying to be someone but i feel like i am no one

slide down, another green-eyed wonder
lights off, how i hate to let you down.

(hate to let you down)

turn to hear the blue sky plunder
drift off, will you wait and wait for me?

something is coming, i wait and i wait for the sun.
(you're waiting, there's nothing)

i'm trying to someone but i feel like i am no one.
(you're nothing, you're no one)

the boat i am building will never be done.

won't you build a forest for me?
can't i ever lie between your leaves?
when will i become my maker?
what now: is there something to believe?

something is coming, i wait and i wait for the sun.
(you're waiting, there's nothing)

i'm trying to someone but i feel like i am no one.
(you're nothing, you're no one)

the boat i am building will never be done.
(you see me, you know me)

now i may be sinking but they haven't won.
(you need me, just show me)

the boat i am building will
never
be
done.

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from Idiot in Bloom, released June 12, 2020

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