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broken record

by naomi skye

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crimes we all commit 03:55
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[ ethereal vocal intro ] the street is barren the land is cold the alleyways are lined with snow the wilted flowers the wind still blows the garden landscape’s overgrown footsteps mark the traveled path stories told behind my back the truth unseen through frosted glass broken compass, shredded maps loving losing tender bruising hold my breath, still getting hit drifting waiting endless aching indicted for the crimes we all commit the empty silence the plated gold the place i know has since been sold the jaded smiles the hidden folds the lives stand still on dead end roads whispered con taken for fact drag my name when no one asked smile your way, i won’t react facades were never made to last loving losing tender bruising hold my breath, still getting hit drifting waiting endless aching indicted for the crimes we all commit i reach for what’s no longer there but reaching leaves my arms sore i write the words i never spoke but writing doesn’t go far i talk until the lights go dim but talking only fuels the flame i laugh until my mouth goes numb but laughing doesn’t sound the same i read between the censored lines but reading makes my mind spin i run until i lose my breath but running isn’t hiding i live under in blinding yellow lights but living shouldn’t be a show i fall in love and fall behind but who am i? i wouldn’t know loving losing tender bruising hold my breath, still getting hit drifting waiting endless aching indicted for the crimes we all commit
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old habits 04:59
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try not to reach out anymore speak to the walls stare at the floor i’m better off this way at least the dark won’t run away i know i’ve seen you back with her but does she make you happier hate that i still care how you are you left me here with bleeding scars you live you learn it seems that everyone has been a lesson taught me that time cannot rewrite a story once it’s ended i wish you proved me wrong i wish that you were stronger than the tides that took you ocean eyes frozen to ice blue don’t wish to have you back don’t wish that it had lasted longer than it did we weren’t enough to break your old habits made promises you couldn’t keep i’ll always be here i won’t leave now i watch from afar left spiraling on my guitar i know there’s not enough room for all three it felt like you were made for me she may have been there first but i was there to heal your hurt to read your mind i had lost mine too good at second chances like it had once before i watch our embers burn to ashes i wish you proved me wrong i wish that you were stronger than the tides that took you ocean eyes frozen to ice blue don’t wish to have you back don’t wish that it had lasted longer than it did we weren’t enough to break your old habits fleeting seconds fading minutes drifting hours passing days you were everything once but i had been blinded by the haze knew me like the back of your hand now it’s holding hers made the most of our short time just never made it work i wish you proved me wrong i wish that you were stronger than the tides that took you ocean eyes frozen to ice blue don’t wish to have you back don’t wish that it had lasted longer than it did we weren’t enough to break your old habits with every passing day i wondered what it would take one step in the wrong direction living with my consequences brought out the better in you but there’s no comfort in new for a while i thought we had it you fell right back in your old habits
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ghost 04:07
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i’m hung up on somebody new i’d give it a month or maybe two lessons learned and bridges burned they always lead me back to you i’ve been battered i’ve been bruised they don’t know me like you do shifting eyes and sleepless nights can only hope you felt it, too it seems that when we say goodbye no, we never truly mean it meet new faces give it time prove that there’s no escaping the ghost of a feeling that had once lived still haunting these walls you won’t let me forget these windows i’ve boarded time and time again a knock on the door and i’m back where i started i tend to wonder what we’d be missing chances count to three ignore the rest who would’ve guessed their burning eyes on you and me standing to close to the flame left to take on all the blame storming gales and chasing tails i think we loved the guessing game keep to myself and feel your stares amongst the crowded spaces word of mouth and catching glares years pass all that remains is the ghost of a feeling that had once lived still haunting these walls you won’t let me forget these windows i’ve boarded time and time again a knock on the door and i’m back where i started switching sides letting go tearful smiles eyes of stone empty rooms open doors always here but never yours pack my bags and say i’m through leave a shirt to pick up soon see you painting your life new i live in colour but its blue heard somebody say your name stories of how much you’ve changed scared to write our final page we seem to always stay the same the same ghost of a feeling that had once lived still haunting these walls can’t let myself forget these windows i’ve boarded survived in darkness a knock on the door and i’m... i’m back
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three leaf clover 03:54
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i can’t remember the last time i said your name or the sound of your voice it’s all starting to fade i stop myself from reminiscing on those days often wonder if after all we were meant to end this way still notice pieces of you in strangers i meet your laugh, your smile, the way your eyes move hesitantly i carry with me every handwritten receipt as if ill run into you somewhere, ‘cross the world or down the street reading back my ink-filled pages thinking ”this time we might make it” every day was one step closer fell like the leaves in october now i hate the autumn breeze it blew you far away from me who i see now has been my closure just another three leaf clover repeat to myself all the words i thought you meant “it may be difficult but know it’s for the best” each quiet night i feel that aching in my chest my arms give out, i think i’ve lost the strength to put it all to rest i may not be alone but i have been lonely nobody new will stay for all you had to see slowly fell out of reach till it turned one-eighty to think the eyes that understood now staring lifelessly through me we once lived through movie scenes all that remains is on the screen you played your part standing ovation read your script as if you made it thought i found a lucky one a little different than the ton if only i looked a bit closer would’ve seen you’re just a three leaf clover felt you drifting unforgiving don’t need you back at my door god i waited two years wasted wanted what we had before sixteen star-crossed lost touch of us left me sinking to the floor time will pass you’ll grow perhaps but know that i wont be there anymore
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in lieu of a goodbye 04:51
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i heard your brother asked about me does that mean i’m on your mind? i can’t see myself returning but i still fear that i might lay our cards out on the table left me staring at the sky with my back against the wall you nod in lieu of a goodbye stepping out of this crowded town i’ll find myself here once the heat dies down a fading pen with no pages left writing the same stories over and over again over and over again still putting flowers on the grave of what we used to be i’d never known for all these years you had been visiting but i don’t want to face the truth my skin is turning black and blue a broken record on a loop that i am still listening to the night the years that stood between us all came crashing down still holding tight to every word before they simmer out we couldn’t help but speak our minds no longer reading between lines i can’t keep pushing it aside will i come back to you in every life? i thought it would be closure but you put me to the test seems we opened a new chapter and i want to read the rest think i’m scared you understand me straight into my burning core you see right through the act i’m playing know i’m fighting my own war a battle cry with a sharpened knife laying lifeless, wounded, only left to wonder why we’re here again like we never left but now we’ve said the words that we have always meant the words we’ve always meant still putting flowers on the grave of what we used to be i’d never known for all these years you had been visiting but i don’t want to face the truth my skin is turning black and blue a broken record on a loop that i am still listening to the night the years that stood between us all came crashing down still holding tight to every word before they simmer out we couldn’t help but speak our minds no longer reading between lines i can’t keep pushing it aside will you come back to me in every life? i would have given all i had (too many days we won’t get back) those years of fiction turned to fact (how did you figure i’d react?) i could have let the case go cold (the story’s old and been retold) but i watched the rear-view not the road (beneath it all we’re skin and bone) i should have thrown away the key (but another door won't set me free) we’ve been here before, haven’t we? (you’ll linger near, never quite leave) i thought it would be us in time but there’s no use, we’ve run it dry went our own ways, live different lives we won’t forget each other, right?

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Writing has always been a large part of my life. It's an expression that resonates with my desire to live a life that is remembered; leaving words behind to be understood. Songwriting has been the outlet of my youth, and looking back on songs I wrote only a few short years ago, I find myself appreciating my growth and development as an individual.

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released June 6, 2025

written & composed by me
recording engineer & musician, mike tompa

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naomi skye Toronto, Ontario

i'm an 19 year-old singer/songwriter from toronto, canada. i write songs about life & i've released them for you to hear.

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