People Watching

from Highways and Cityscapes by Happy Heartbreak

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Hope to die, cross my heart. The biggest loss is to never start.

So it begins:
I've been people watching again and pretending that these people are my friends, with choreographed stories and scripted conversations. Sad truths, but hopeful happy endings.
She's got a body type designed to drip in diamonds and a mind that's grown accustomed to it. And he's got demons that look just like ex-girlfriends and some doubts he can't get out of his head.

It's days like this I hope heaven exists.

For these beautiful faces in their beautiful places where they meet other beautiful faces and make beautiful tragedies.

And the sun sets down on the beach. Last chance in the sand saying, "please don't forget me." He sets the bottle down for her to see, but just like the bottle he says, "please don't leave me empty."

It's days like this I hope heaven exists.

For these beautiful faces in their beautiful places where they meet beautiful faces and make beautiful tragedies.

But somewhere in the darkness when I should be dreaming about a better Life. I get lost in the hope that I still know the difference between wrong and right. Because I've made mistakes in these plans I've made, and I'm still trying to turn it around. But what I've found only shows how far we'll go to live out our lies.

We're just beautiful faces in our beautiful places where we meet other beautiful faces and make beautiful tragedies.

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from Highways and Cityscapes, released May 15, 2015

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Happy Heartbreak Seattle, Washington

..happy sounding sad songs..

Seattle-based alt-rock / emo-pop known for reflective storytelling and energetic live shows.

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Apr 25

Lucky Liquor Tavern

Tukwila, WA
Apr 26

lamplighters

Olympia, WA

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