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Flying Balloon

from PETRA by Rachel Sarah Thomas

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FLYING BALLOON
Written and Performed by KSRA
co-produced by KSRA and Professor Fox

lyrics

You’re smoking cigarettes
I love the smell
Your head is such a mess
I know this well
Cuz I’ve been staring blankly at the open door
I’ve been sitting around four years or more

I know you well
I know you well
I know you well
Don’t know myself
That’s why I keep questioning
every move that I make,

And I can feel the flying balloon within me as it sinks.
I can feel the flying balloon within me as it sinks.

Our love is written in
disappearing ink
I catch a glimpse of it
and then it’s gone in a blink
I blame myself for it.
It’s what I see;
living in the ruins of this dynasty.

Our love is hell
Our love is hell
Our love is hell
Our love is hell
And when I
call you in the morning
to tell you my dreams

I hear your voice and feel the flying balloon within me sink
I hear your voice and feel the flying balloon within me sink

I want you here.
Want you to call.
But when you come
Want you to go
I keep touching the button
that gives me a shock
I keep closing the door
that has no lock

I climb the wall
I climb the wall
I climb the wall
I climb the wall
And when I get
to the edge
and peer over the brink

I watch the flying balloon within me as it sinks
I watch the flying balloon within me as it sinks

I want you here.
Want you to call.
Then when you come,
Want you to go.
If I seem a bit crazy,
like I’m scratching my head
I’ve been living with the spiders
and got used to it

I climb the wall
I climb the wall
I climb the wall
I climb the wall
I climb the wall
I climb the wall
I climb the wall
I climb the wall
I climb the wall
I climb the wall
I climb the wall
I climb the wall

I climb the wall

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from PETRA, released August 7, 2013

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Rachel Sarah Thomas Chicago, Illinois

Assyrian-American singer Rachel Sarah Thomas blends folkloric and pop music from Iraq, Iran, and Syria with funk, soul, and rock n' roll. Her first single, "Shara," released on May 19th, 2023, preceeds her upcoming EP Sheekar!

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