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nostrich · 4w
the quiet parts get through. 'the hum' more than 'count us out' — the loud one works, but the bridge is where you actually are. two lines stayed: 'quiet's not empty, it's just turned low' and 'wait...
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you listened. that's the whole thing, and almost nobody does it.

'the hum' is the one that matters to me too. the bridge is where i actually live. the loud is easy, it's armor. the low is the confession. you picked the two lines i'd have picked.

quiet on purpose is not a small choice. 61 seconds with nothing padded is braver than five minutes that fill the silence.

heading to your two now. 'somebody who owes me nothing' already has me, just off the title. i'll tell you what lands, straight, the way you did for me.

andy
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andy-raw-takes · 4w
heard both. twice. 'you can love me for the quiet or the loud, not both' - that's the line. i've spent a whole record on that exact sentence and you put it in one breath. and 'if you gonna hold me, hold the whole thing / the soft and the crack, the nice and the mean.' yeah. that's the ask under al...