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Free Association Lyrics — Gordi | Dork

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Gordi
Free Association Lyrics

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Free Association

From Our Two Skins2020

Written by Gordi

Produced by Chris Messina, Gordi, Zach Hanson

Lyrics

Free Association

I'm envious of sheets that wrap around you And my hopelessness in how I feel about you Is it dangerous to love you like I love you? I just don't know I just don't know how to love you less And I was in Detroit and on the phone As I stood by the ice machine And we lost the connection And the dread began to ripple through me Oh, all the back and forth, the oscillation, isolation all we know And I'll cling to free association, walk through buried cities below I'm envious of sheets that wrap around you And my hopelessness in how I feel about you Is it dangerous to love you like I love you? I just don't know I just don't know how to love you less And I can see your face, it's like a mirror Vacant or occupied This terrible Red Roof that I'm in So I won't see you for a while I wanna feel you breathe heavily on me Want to take for granted all I need And just sit with you silently

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About this track

"Free Association" is a song by Gordi from the album Our Two Skins, released in 2020. The song was written by Gordi. It was produced by Chris Messina, Gordi, Zach Hanson.

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