Tangerines

from Gentle Persuasion by Defne

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lyrics

I can't even listen to most songs
Without thinking of your face
Your lips, your hands, your awful personality
But personally I didn't mind
The ways you ignored saying
All things possibly kind
Tangerines and peaches
I just can't shake this feeling
That reaches behind my eyes

And how can I love something like you?
Selfish and distant
I don't know what to do
How can I justify even paying attention to you?

Because I jump over hurdles
I do back flips
And I carve my cheekbones for you

I do it all and you shrug me off
Do I just mean nothing at all?
My thighs don't touch
Will you love me now?
I have a hole in my stomach that reaches
All the way around
I am hovering over my hole in the ground

And how can I love something like you?
Selfish and distant
I don't know what to do
How can I justify even paying attention to you?

Because I jump over hurdles
I do back flips
And I carve my cheekbones for you
I wipe your eyes
I twist my spine
And I break my back for you
I do it all
I feel it all
I do it all
To better understand you

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from Gentle Persuasion, released February 23, 2013

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Defne Toronto, Ontario

Defne is a bedroom pop musician from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Their fragile songs of heartache and longing hum with the energy of anticipation. The spaces between falling snowflakes. A sideways glance across a crowded venue. Grass stains on the ankles of your jeans as you run home at 2 in the morning past darkened windows and empty playgrounds. ... more

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