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wiltaway
03:38
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march ends again
with a heavy hand
a knock on the door
short tour of a hospital ward
i cashed in for something
i cannot afford
the price was paid
on the 24th
i don't want to wilt away
now i'm weak
in my childhood home
same sad walls
as the year before
april greets me
with an open door
my body lost it's patience
my mind lost control
i don't want to wilt away
something inside of me
tears itself apart
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2. |
dirt + bingo
06:06
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quit my job - get kicked out - of my home - feel a storm
start to form - deep within - welcome it - force a grin
heavy winds - in my sails - another line - never fails
kick up dirt - lose a friend - i'm not hurt - some things end
start anew - think of you - i fall again - its fall again
yellow leaves - sleeveless trees - something please - help me sleep
...and i just wanna go to bed
...and i just wanna escape my head
in all my grief i'm really just a thief
to get through the day i throw my future away
the system hasn't failed yet, i took it on a bet
against myself, so far i've stolen all i can get
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3. |
miss my friends
04:17
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summer sun
melt away
this feeling
of decay
i remember the river
another fifth for our livers
waiting for the fall to hit
the inevitable end sent to send
you away
into open skies
i never said goodbye
those were careless times
i miss my friends
though they're off to better things
i will wait for them
one by one
taken from me
distance is cruelty
i miss my friends
the sense of belonging
someday this wait will end
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4. |
on the tide
04:30
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erudite kid
downhill he slid
bullshit ride
on the tide
sickly tree
willow creep
screaming, weeping
keeping secrets
keep on stealing
losing feeling
on the tide
time will pacify thee
he will lose his leaves
this world is a fleeting one
on the tide
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5. |
yours is mine
05:06
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under a spiral sky
twisting outward from sunrise
tethered to your prize
all seeing spectral eyes
you've developed a taste for fire
a quilt to cover a tasteless life
and strife, and strife, and strife
i've seen your grip on the sacred knife
sent to dig up something deep inside
you try, you try, you try
aching to get a ride
hands shaking and a bent up spine
pent up for so long it's fine
phantom living on borrowed time
my thoughts of you are concealed within
you've always been my greatest friend
the end, the end, the end
if you take a stab at it once again
you might find you need someone on which to rely
yours is mine, yours is mine, yours is mine
yours is mine
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6. |
something's wrong
09:02
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It becomes aware as a symptom of the mind
Holding structure, illuding time
Immune from light
Lifts the body higher
Brain frying and pores pried
"Tail rock bottom for a dime"
It spits spirit
Venom into impotent veins
Slipping patients impatiency
Lays waste
Leaves vacancy
The nursery rhyme to end all song
If you hear this there is something wrong
*gratuitous delay pedal outro*
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Mercer Appleton, Wisconsin
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