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Seedling
04:41
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without a heart
you leave me to my own devices
to push through or falter
all wrapped up inside
your own seedling soul
who would do such a thing
the ire implanted
we try so hard never to swallow
the melting midnight sky
we’ve come so far
to watch it quiver and crumble
in heedless open hands
but your doubts precede
any actions of dignity
one day you’ll sew
the seeds of reconciliation
somehow you’ll be surprised to find
no one is listening
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Forward
05:08
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trap door i’m standing on
your guns keep me face down
a freight train that’s knocking on
your stained glass window pane
cracks in the shade
our souls weaving
over a bridge miles and miles away
take me with you
but i know you never will
you’ll burn it down
make sure to erase it all
is it too much to ask
when everything seems to lead your way
an insignificant strain of thought
has carried my life away
under a red moon your devil purges
disgust wallows in unremorseful eyes
blank television stare
you’ve never looked at me so strange
well i’ll never look at you again
four words you say
that leave the unfettered tongue
i’ll never believe you my dear
but tell me who ever does
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Chase Away the Ghost
04:35
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paper thin crescent moon
love to damage thick skin
kind wind send this letter
leave it on the doorstep
of the lover i never knew
anchored down inside the ground now
lick the greying frostbitten wounds
test my fractured soul
split in two separate halves
one to mourn the death
and one to chase away the ghost
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Apparitions
05:33
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awaken from your dream
fly through me
breathe on my neck
whisper in my ear
appear upon the top of the hill
fall, fall only to
pour wrath upon us
like the blaze of the sun
the boneless swain
the blood, the blade
you stuck me over and over
memories sink into a living sea
memories sink into a breathing sea
memories sink into a bleeding sea
your memory sinks into a dying sea
awaken from your dream
fly through me
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Awakening
02:44
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awaken from your dream
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Leaving
06:10
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i’m leaving
learning to keep to myself
impose your blessings
curtailed lies in shells
there’s dejection in every word you utter
as i leave my troubled dirt tracks uncovered
i’m gonna chase those bright lights
all through the countryside
one day i’ll know what it will take
to make it right
i’m leaving
take with me all i can hold
of worth and love remembered through prisms of gold
haunting accounts of all undesired
i’ll take all i can carry through the fire
and leave the rest to blow away
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7. |
Departures
04:31
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today is the day
i set my memories aflame
unconscious weaving
in a web full of disdain
if you got something to say
it should have been done long ago
‘cause i’m through counting on
what i know to be true
you asked me to wait
but i think you knew
you can count me out, starve my doubt
til you come back again
i can hardly bear to lift my hands
and place them where you used to be
you served your purpose and so did i
so you leave
you suck until the soil’s dry
then you leave
you stayed until you stole my pride
then you leave
but i fear i’ll never truly be free
the earth below’s bone dry
but the path ahead is mine
just one more thing before i let you be
don’t you ever lie to me
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8. |
Pelts
05:59
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obsidian knives tear at my hide
you swallow my heart whole
and take out all my insides
brace yourself
forget how to feel
dead weight upon the shoulder
dead weight on the wheel
these are stranded times
this heart’s laid on
in some lonely bitter song
when the deed is done please tell me
where do you plan to go now
oblivion hides in the falsehood of memory taken
when you set every snare upon this path in vain
who’ll come running and find the tools to break in
how much longer can silence linger
when it no longer screams
please let me free
take a look at yourself deep inside
open in the gardens of deceit
spread the hide upon the earth
so all alone we must weep
my time has come
to heave the mud out from my lungs
sew up my skin; abandon without
all these reasons of shameless doubt
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Dead Ends
06:38
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the words you say color the leaves
and make them all fall down
with every breath you blow the breeze
that sends a frost upon the ground
you’re already gone
so i must leave this place
nights blanketed by pinholes in the sky
dreams of where you want to be
waiting forever sinking in fear
a fading melody
the nightbirds will sing tales of love and loss
of a winter to come forsaking everything
of silence searching in all directions
for the dead ends to which they lead
carve me from your skin
purge me from your veins
and from this death will bloom one day
the beauty of everything
but you should know
i've already left this place
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Moths in the Attic Ohio
moths in the attic
fly forever by night. no light to guide them nor wind to hinder their flight. free until starvation, a death-hardened mold. lest the roof open wide.
reveal folds of the universe, bones of the sky.
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