Name: familiar stranger
Duration: P00H03M42S
Description: ‘familiar stranger’ is about having to see someone again who you used to date and wanting them to think you’re over it - you just want to be familiar strangers to each other so it doesn’t have to be awkward.

familiar stranger

from when the sun came up by Lexie Carroll

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babypant01 I love this song with all my bones! Ha! Ha! You are on a roll Lexie, they just keep getting better and better. I can't wait to hear what you come up with next. Favorite track: familiar stranger.

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‘familiar stranger’ is about having to see someone again who you used to date and wanting them to think you’re over it - you just want to be familiar strangers to each other so it doesn’t have to be awkward.

lyrics

so you cut your hair
and i like it
and you know I can't say things I don't mean
didn't wanna stare
oh I tried it
but the playing it cool card skipped on me
pre chorus
but I hope you know
I made a start at letting go
and shaping up
something that sort of functions like a living heart

oh don't say it oh I know oh I know oh I know
and I can take it but I don't no I don't no I don't
wanna have to go on hating all your bones all your bones all your bones now
so can you call me a familiar stranger now

oh I met your friends an I like them
and you know that don't come easily
wish I could tell you that I'm excited
but I'm still learning how to breathe

don't say it oh I know oh I know oh I know
and I can take it but I don't no I don't no I don't
wanna have to go on hating all your bones all your bones all your bones now
so can you call me a familiar stranger
call me a familiar stranger
call me a familiar stranger now

but I hope you know
I made a start at letting go
and shaping up
something that sort of functions like a living heart

oh don't say it oh I know oh I know oh I know
and I can take it but I don't no I don't no I don't
wanna have to go on hating all your bones all your bones all your bones now
so can you call me a familiar stranger now
don't say it oh I know oh I know oh I know
and I can take it but I don't no I don't no I don't
wanna have to go on hating all your bones all your bones all your bones now
so can you call me a familiar stranger now

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from when the sun came up, track released March 23, 2022
Written by Alex Carroll (Copyright Control). Produced by Jamie Amos. Mixed by Dan Swift. Mastered by Stuart Hawkes

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