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Oil Spill

from Very Good Advice by Alice Invictus

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Inspired and based around the characters and events of "The Raven Cycle" series written by Maggie Steifvater.

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Do you still dream of walking home
Still marking your path with blood on stones
What would it be like to know the way
The trees never tell me what you'd say

I wonder if I could do the same
Fully open myself and still remain
So press the deck close to your heart
Feel their warmth and pick your card

PRECHORUS
Open your hands and see what you'll find
Dream me a dream with light inside
Edges sharp as talons raven's bare
And whisper my name like a prayer

CHORUS:
This thing is an oil spill
You lit me and I am burning still
I'll dream us a night
Full of nothing but light
Hold me as close as you can until
We stand here alive and unafraid
For the first time I think I can brave
Press the gas to the floor
For once I am sure
Just look at us, God, we're set ablaze

I think I hear whispers in the trees
I think I've lived nightmares you won't believe
So til I awake please hold my hand
There's a forest in you; you'll understand

Do you know what it's like to fear yourself
To not trust your hands or mind to help
Oh, I'll be your eyes to see this through
Please make these hands strong enough for you

PRECHORUS

CHORUS

This thing is a thunder storm
I think it can come in many forms
For me it's a thunder storm
I know what I want now and that's more
So soak me in rain
I spent so long afraid
My heads tilted up to the downpour

CHORUS

CHORUS, save for the line "For once I am sure" is replaced with "Excelsior

Just look at us, I'm so amazed
Just look at us, we are ablaze

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from Very Good Advice, released June 29, 2016
Written, performed, and recorded by Zoe Johnson 2016

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Alice Invictus East Lansing, Michigan

Nonbinary lover of fictional worlds, armed with a guitar, a microphone and a whole lot of unironic enthusiasm.

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