winding gear

from losing game by Emma Bowers

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woke up feeling like myself again
further from who I was in the night when I turned in
outside that old tree is glowing gold
I’ve been stoking my own heart to burn
so I don’t get too cold

told you that I thought I’d drive east in november
you said you’d known that I would since july
but you should never doubt my will
to do exactly what you thought I wouldn’t

I had this dream that I couldn’t take the picture
that the film was catching in it’s winding gear
I had this feeling that you wouldn’t stay
if I couldn’t figure out how to prove you were here

you took all those photos of me
and I only have a handful of you
that one, we were walking near wiscassett
I just wish you didn’t look so blue

I don’t hope you’re happy yet
I don’t hope you’re happy yet

I meant to walk away before you
beat me to it, if only I’d had the courage to
I had the mind to know that you’d do it the minute you met someone new

if I had something to tell her
you know what I’d say
you’ll know he’s lost his love
when he starts pointing his camera another way

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from losing game, released September 22, 2023

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Emma Bowers Portland, Oregon

is a folk-rock musician based in portland, oregon.

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