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Cavetown

Dear

Release date: 28th June 2018

From Dear. - EP
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Cavetown's 'Dear' confronts the weight of unspoken struggle. Everyone carries something they cannot name, the song suggests, whether it manifests as tears at the sink, a refusal to meet your eye, or the darker thought that arrives unbidden. The track moves between observation and confession, naming the small betrayals and the larger silences that accumulate in a life. The chorus pivots inward. Cavetown sings of screaming internally, of not wanting to wake, of needing to feel something, anything, to know they are still present. It is a song about the gap between what shows and what churns beneath, and the exhaustion of maintaining that distance. The lyrics acknowledge that struggle is not solitary, even when it feels that way, and that paying attention to others' pain requires the same care we might extend to ourselves.

"Dear" is a track by Cavetown, from the album Dear. - EP, released 28th June 2018. The track is 4:50 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Cavetown.

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Cavetown

Cavetown

Lyrics

Dear

Everyone's got a thing
A thing they don't like
A thing that makes them stand
In front of the sink
With tears in their eyes
Everyone's got a thing
Maybe they won't cry
Maybe they can't even bear
To utter the words the doctor prescribed
I won't even lie
I'm screaming inside all the time
It seems like a breeze, it feels like a dream
But I don't wanna die
She can't stop hurting herself and
He won't look in your eyes
Friend, I knew every time you were lying
And he got himself messed up
With the wrong guys
Everyone's got a thing
A thing they don't like
A thing that makes them double-think when
They're standing at the
Railway crossing lights
Gotta stop forgetting the fact
It's not just me in this goddamn world
My brain is a child, I will love him for that
But don't lose sight of your baby girl
I don't wanna wake up sometimes
And I don't wanna sing
And I don't care what happens tonight
As long as I feel something
I don't wanna wake up sometimes
And I don't wanna sing
And I don't care what happens tonight
As long as I feel something

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Track details

From Dear. - EP

4:502018
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Dear. - EP
Dear. - EP
Cavetown
29th June 2018
Track number
3
Release year
2018
  1. 1Just Add Water
    4:08
  2. 2Banana Bread
    4:47
  3. 3Dear
    4:50
  4. 4Talk to Me
    4:37

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