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Dark Room
03:24
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Draw the X's on the back of my hands
Mark my words with permanent marker
Draw the dotted line around the circumference of my neck
Make your incision quick and painless
Unless of course there's no one around...
Evan shook the hand of everyone
Smiling at everything in sight
Dark room brighten this dark mood
Introduce me to all your friends
I'd like to meet them
If I promise not to get quiet
We'll take our shoes off at the door
Don't wanna track my mud all over
Introduce me to all your friends
I'd like a new one
But I got nothing against my other ones
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My third alarm goes off at 8:15,
Sings me awake.
Nothing to see but empty bottles and cans
The wind knocked over the recycling bin.
Fuzzy memories of the nights dreams
Lurk in the shower steam.
Why do I even recognize that face?
Maybe we shared a class together or something.
It must be possible to win this game without cheating.
Am I the product of public school?
am I the savior of the rural kids?
I watched the season change from a gas station window.
This coffee ain't gonna drink itself
And I still need an oil change.
I am always the one to tell the same story more than once,
the kinda story that doesn't need to be told more than once.
I am always the one would would rather stay home all alone.
I am always the one to be awkwardly sarcastic,
my jokes went over your head.
I am always the one to wear touristy t-shirts
a little too often.
I am always the one to tell the same story more than once,
the kinda story that doesn't need to be told more than once.
I am always the one would would rather stay home all alone.
I am always the one to be awkwardly sarcastic,
my jokes went over your head.
I am always the one to wear touristy t-shirts
a little too often.
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Thirteen
03:30
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I'm elevated by graduation day
The hometown heroes on display
I'm reflecting on my thirteen years of effort
A million marks, a thousand holes
When the time is right I'll ask you one more question,
Are you ready?...
Tell me is this the start you dreamt of?
And would your thirteen year old self be proud or more of disappointed?
Here's a pill that's hard to swallow
Please don't choke, I need you
Elevated
Its not the way I remember it
Ascended
Its not the way I thought it'd be
Reflective
A mirror polished by honesty
Holographic
A never thought I'd let myself be
Tell me is this the start you dreamt of?
And would your thirteen year old self be proud or more of disappointed?
Here's a pill that's hard to swallow
Please don't choke, I need you
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Friend
03:21
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A toothless and tongueless head is no home for a brain
Much less a way to communicate
But lonely does as lonely wants
And lonely wants a friend
A fingerless hand can't make aquaintence
It can't tell what day it is
But quiet sits and quiet waits
& quiets hears a friend
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I used be the spider
Suspended above the counter
In the corner of the kitchen or the bathroom
Not really a threat
But certainly something to avoid,
So above, yet so below
Now the spider I once was is dead
Enveloped by its own web
Left sunken to become shriveled and mummified
Among the crumbling drywall
I would give anything to be a spider
But what's a spider need with self-esteem?
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Torn Up Fingertips
01:58
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I've got a calloused brain
& torn up fingertips
A fatigued and sweaty heart
All I do is crack my knuckles
Now my feet, they're so fuckin sore
Please nip at heels, because I look up to you too much
Pretend I'm not here, shave the seems off my own mold
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