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mxmtoon

florida

Release date: 19th May 2022

From rising
Track 6
2:47
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About This Track

'florida' by mxmtoon is an Alternative track from the album 'rising', released in 2022. The lyrics move through sticky heat and humid skies, framing a trip that feels far too long, alongside the ache of time passing. There are memories of a companion, including the blunt shock of turning 81, and the speaker circles a question of emotional uncertainty, asking, “Someone tell me how to feel about it”. It is a restless mix of nostalgia and frustration, pinned to a Florida backdrop that turns feeling into weather.

"florida" is a track by mxmtoon, from the album rising, released 19th May 2022. The track is 2:47 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about mxmtoon.

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mxmtoon

mxmtoon

Lyrics

florida

Salty tears in the humid skies
The sticky heat of Florida
Summer nights in mid July
A trip that's way too far to drive

Years spent living like you're young
Hard to believe you're turning 81

Morning memories with you
There is nothing left to do
Someone tell me how to feel about it
Fate is written on the page
We can never outrun age
Blow out the candles on your birthday cake

Sick of sickness (sick of sickness)
And Cheshire smiles (and Cheshire smiles)
Am I allowed to feel this mad?
No one to blame (no one to blame)
Or time to pause (or time to pause)
Why do the good have it so bad? (So bad, so bad)

Years spent living like you're young
Hard to believe you're turning 81

Morning memories with you
There is nothing left to do
Someone tell me how to feel about it
Fate is written on the page
We can never outrun age
Blow out the candles on your birthday cake

Blow out the candles on your birthday cake

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Track details

From rising

2:472022
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rising
rising
mxmtoon
20th May 2022
Track number
6
Release year
2022
  1. 1mona lisa
    3:10
  2. 2learn to love you
    2:13
  3. 3victim of nostalgia
    2:37
  4. 4sad disco
    3:03
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mxmtoon — florida

mxmtoon — florida
2:48

 

florida

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