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I Chewed Your Day
03:42
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i chewed your day
in a summer palace in the Palisades
whatever's left we let decay
sucked the marrow, we savored the taste
i chewed your day
in seven seconds this will all pass away
whatever's left is passion's play
these broken bodies have no resurrection day
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this is the dark time
compassion displaced
possessions of night time
tramp down slender grass
the man of death, my love,
is aiming at your dream
i grew strong eating your tongue
gravity and grace, a resonance
realized in cycles, everywhere shimmers
they say history
from book to book
has tried to hold midnight
its echoes of tears
like water in a fount, directed, defended, derided
i grew strong
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Disaster After
03:09
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suddenly i'm awake
and November is here
where winter awaits
slowly we all disappear
in this empty canvas
no matter how hard you stare
the colors don't outlast
the days we never remember
consider me weightless
a seed in the air
blown off a wish that
was made in despair
the stars of our birth
never gave us a clue
about anything we'd unearth
beneath the deepest shades of blue
that color your sad eyes
and color mine too
tiptoeing over the landmines
between home and the light of the moon
consider me weightless
a seed in the air
blown off a wish that
was made in despair
consider me sinking
in murkiest water
a coin on its edges
the disaster after
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light today and dark tomorrow
the less i steal the more i borrow
i turned the lock and kept the key
you turned to walk, you crossed the sea
you and your friends, your twelve disciples
hid in dusty, loaded rifles
as i locked the hammer down
Jerusalem rose from the ground
if forgiveness is all i need
the cross is on the altar
and if some sense of peace is all i need
the dove has left a feather
but i drank the blood of Christ
to kill my lust for you
i broke his body between my teeth and took him in
but he didn't do
a goddamn thing
to satisfy me
your blackest dress, your mother's ring
the candlelight, it softly lingers
in the wreck of my head
and in my dreams you look the same
while everything around decays
and i'm beat down an dead
i gave my alms
i said my prayers
looked deep within
only you were there
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Worse For Wear
03:35
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followed the sweat down your neck
we took the long way home, ain't nowhere near it yet
had i took the chance, i would've took your hand
but i play it by the book, i play with no takebacks
so we ran
and i'm still running
lemonade in mason jars
a little something else we snuck out of the bar
when your mama said she won't be back tonight
we counted up the stars, the farthest ones in sight
goddamn the light
the jealous sunrise
we're no worse for the wear
watching the fire burn out so fast
we're no worse for the wear
the ashes rise but settle in the past
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