Time Takes Away

from Wide Awake Dream by Cordelia Stephens

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I told you once, I told you twice
I don’t want more of your helpful advice.
The moment has come, it’s finally here
When I’m going to say things you don’t want to hear. Because

I don’t think either of us recognize
What time takes away.
You didn’t need nothing from me anyway.

That look in your eyes tells me something’s not clear.
Is it pain or regret or distain or your fear?
You say that I’m wrong, you think that you’re right.
I don’t expect you to change, but just hoped you might because

I don’t think either of us recognize
What time takes away.
You didn’t mean nothing to me,
You didn’t mean nothing to me,
You didn’t mean me anyway.

No one was ever hurt by the truth. In
Lies and silence, bitterness takes root. But
No one will talk. No one’s left to ask and
Don’t leave it to me, I’m not up for the task of

Finding out why you needed to hide
What time takes away.
It might have meant something back then,
It might have meant something back then,
It might have meant something back then but not today.

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from Wide Awake Dream, released October 15, 2016

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Cordelia Stephens New York, New York

Cordelia Stephens is an Anglo-American singer-songwriter whose voice combines power and vulnerability, and whose incisive songwriting explores the contradictions of modern life and love drawing on her musical influences such as Aimee Mann, Gillian Welch and Brandie Carlisle. Her third record, an EP called "The Protest Songs" was released in October 2023. ... more

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