You introduced me
We played them over and over
Always in order
You said it was the only way
To really appreciate them

So we played them
Over and over
So many times
I could anticipate the starting pitch
Of every track
Until
I wanted to save you
And when I traced away the fog-
Well, you know

So,

Inside jokes
Mirrored empathy
Passion
Jealousy
Corrected lines
The wrong ones I continued to sing
Just so you'd crack a smile

Those seven years of summer
Saw an evolution
An eternal return
And predictable though it was
What resulted was
Profoundly, undeniably unique
And I'll never forget that

But I can't do it
I can't let them go
I won't let you have them
I'm taking back every single one
And I'm breathing into them new life
With oxygen from my own blood
From my own sweat and tears
And what emerges now
Is a revolution
So pure
And entirely untouched
That I know now
Without a shadow of a doubt

I earned this