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Natalie, I Never Knew

from Crystal Decadenz (2006​-​09) by Crystal Decadenz

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Recorded during my senior year of high school on a four-track, with an accordion, in a bedroom (in case you couldn't tell). Natalie was someone who went to my school and, like others in the popular crowd, got all the best scholarships. She went to art school with them, and this is a warning song for her.

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Isn't all talk just childish? Isn't all talk just childish?

Natalie I never knew you were such an artiste
With someone like that I can't even begin
You don't know me but Natalie be open

Natalie I never saw all the things that you are
I never knew about you
You don't think so but sometimes you need more

You're so wonderfully artiste
They say yes to the best
You have it made, but you're just like all the rest

Doesn't it make you feel childish? Doesn't it make you feel childish?

Natalie I never thought you'd have to try very hard
Cause someone like that gets the best deals by far
You don't know any better, it could get a lot worse

I walk around by myself and listen to all the talk
Do they hear anything, no
You think you're so big
You should have learned how to fall

Does living in the shapeless art world scare you at all?
Does it thrill you?
Breaking in your visual senses
Will you walk with a shameless tilt
Around artists like you, you'll never be so alone

And doesn't it make our lilts feel childish
When they degrade us for our transient fills
But they were so real to us then!
What's real to you? And who says?
My best friends.

Come as you will, Natalie, come as you will

Natalie I think you know how to break all the rules
If you say so well you know what to do
You don't notice
But they break you too

I looked at you and it all came rushing in
Hey I never knew one thing
You don't know me but Natalie your life is wide open

Because when that thing spins you
There's no going back
And who says?
My best friends.

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from Crystal Decadenz (2006​-​09), released July 30, 2009

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