unlimited;

It's the quiet night that breaks me
I cannot stand the sight
Of this familiar place
It's the quiet night that breaks me
Like a dozen paper cuts
That only I can trace

All my books are lying useless now
All my maps will only show me how
To lose my way

Oh call my name
You know my name
And in that sound
Everything will change
Tell me it won't always be this hard
I am nothing without you
But I don't know who you are

It's the crowded room that breaks me
Everybody looks so luminous
And strangely young
It's the crowded room that's never heard
No one here can say a word
Of my native tongue

I can't be among them anymore
I fold myself away before it burns me numb

Oh call my name
You know my name
And in your love
Everything will change
Tell me it won't always be this hard
I am nothing without you
But I don't know who you are

I am nothing without you
But I don't know who you are

I was reading up on her motivation behind the writing of this song... Apparently it's an anti-Valentine's day song.

A fundamental fear of being alone, really. I spend a lot of time on my own, and usually it's fine. But it's strange how terrifying loneliness can be when it strikes, sometimes in the midst of a perfectly decent evening or a lively party, and I started to wonder how other people deal with it. I had a discarded song from years ago that had the line "a thousand papercuts/and the sheet in my hand." That's more or less where it started.

I snatched that chunk off a page in her forums.

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these days, vienna teng's songs get me through system downtimes haha. ugh my eyes are killing me i think i'm wearing my contacts too often ._.

my attitude towards song lyrics used to be aiya, melody nice can liao. after listening to her, i realized that she has no specific genre because her lyrics and melodies match perfectly o_o and the lyrics are strangely poetic sometimes, and others they're plain geeky with factual historical references and stuff. i like an intelligent singer/songwriter :)

and i really neeeeeed to get this song.

Strange how you know inside me
I measure the time and I stand amazed
Strange how I know inside you
My hand is outstretched toward the damp of the haze

And of course I forgive
I've seen how you live
Like a phoenix you rise from the ashes
You pick up the pieces
And the ghosts in the attic
They never quite leave
And of course I forgive
You've seen how I live
I've got darkness and fears to appease
My voices and analogies
Ambitions like ribbons
Worn bright on my sleeve

Strange how we know each other

Strange how I fit into you
There's a distance erased with the greatest of ease
Strange how you fit into me
A gentle warmth filling the deepest of needs

And with each passing day
The stories we say
Draw us tighter into our addiction
Confirm our conviction
That some kind of miracle
Passed on our hands
And how I am sure
Like never before
Of my reasons for defying reason
Embracing the seasons
We dance through the colors
Both followed and led

Strange how we fit each other

Strange how certain the journey
Time unfolds the petals
For our eyes to see
Strange how this journey's hurting
In ways we accept as part of fate's decree

So we just hold on fast
Acknowledge the past
As lessons exquisitely crafted
Painstakingly drafted
To carve us as instruments
That play the music of life
For we don't realize
Our faith in the prize
Unless it's been somehow elusive
How swiftly we choose it
The sacred simplicity
Of you at my side

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