Pictures Of You (ft Ben Ruettiger)

from The Two Towers by Shadowbanned

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lyrics

I've been looking so long at these pictures of you
That I almost believe that they're real
I've been living so long with my pictures of you
That I almost believe that the pictures are all I can feel

Remembering you standing quiet in the rain
As I ran to your heart to be near
And we kissed as the sky fell in, holding you close
How I always held close in your fear

Remembering you running soft through the night
You were bigger and brighter and wider than snow
You screamed at the make-believe, screamed at the sky
And you finally found all your courage to let it all go

Remembering you, fallen into my arms
Crying for the death of your heart
You were stone white, so delicate
Lost in the cold
You were always so lost in the dark
Remembering you how you used to be
Slow drowned, you were angels
So much more than everything
Hold for the last time then slip away quietly
Open my eyes, but I never see anything

If only I'd thought of the right words
I could have held on to your heart
If only I'd thought of the right words
I wouldn't be breaking apart all my pictures of you

Looking so long at these pictures of you
But I never hold on to your heart
Looking so long for the words to be true
But always just breaking apart
My pictures of you

There was nothing in the world that I ever wanted more
Than to feel you deep in my heart
There was nothing in the world that I ever wanted more
Than to never feel the breaking apart
My pictures of you

credits

from The Two Towers, released November 30, 2022
Vocals by Ben Ruettiger
Music & Lyrics by Boris Williams / Laurence Andrew Tolhurst / Porl Thompson / Robert James Smith / Roger O'Donnell / Simon Gallup
Arranged & Performed by Shadowbanned

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Shadowbanned creates timeless, genre-restless pop songs.

Shadowbanned is producer/songwriter Chris Sizemore, joined by an ever-evolving cast of soulful vocalists and musicians from all across the world. Sizemore, a native of Nashville USA and now expat near Manchester UK, was producer/multi-instrumentalist in Brooklyn dream-pop group Folksongs For The Afterlife. ... more

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