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breathe
04:28
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i saw you on my doorstep
through the fisheye slot
& i left you there ‘cause
i knew you’d be better off
& it’s something i know
i’ll regret eventually
but the thought of breaking
two hearts makes it hard for me
to breathe
i spent the year
trying hard not to think of you
kept busy though there was
nothing really to do
if i keep up this way
it’s fair to say i’ll end up lost
i’ll look up one day
& realize that i’d forgot
to breathe
now the crows wait for our eyes
& we’re running out of time
so we look back on our lives
what we lost always outshines
what we kept
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how far you went
04:24
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i don’t know
if i was there enough
i don’t know where i was
i was drifting
after hours at the bar was where
you first told me
how far you went to find yourself
checked your luggage when you got there
you forgot all of the colours
you’d intended to
paint back on
stopped in your tracks
& stared at the wreck
you felt nothing
as the flashing lights arrived
checked yourself into the hospital
& they told you what they thought
could help you meet yourself
where you are
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never again
03:14
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walking home
took the long way again
on the side of the road
i found a
little bird stuck in the ditch
its left wing pierced with a stick
it cried out i gently picked it up
& took it in
& i tried to help it but it died
if i let it be it would’ve probably been fine
so i locked myself for days inside
& promised never again to even try
on the phone
with your voicemail again
tried to make it to the tone
but couldn’t
under the static & the tears
i would’ve said ‘i want you here’
& that i miss you & i’m sorry
for my stupid fears
well you tried to reach out but i lied
& told you ‘i’m busy—it’ll have to be next time’
now i lock myself for days inside
& i’m haunted by the fact i didn’t try
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take it easy
02:57
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stop, take it easy
& steal my eyes
just for the day
walk through this doorway
into this mirror-less room
nothing but you
lock out that monster
the ghost that feeds
on your self-doubt
& fall out of line with
the alien that takes
your shape for days
look them in the eye
& tell them
to kindly fuck off
& die
pump my blood
into your veins &
maybe you’ll make peace
with yourself
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trying
02:41
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been trying to stop my head
from doing its own thinking
& i’m trying to stop my bed
from telling me to sink in
oh i don’t know where i will be
in 5 years with this degree
& am i well enough myself
to help anyone else?
been trying to get myself
to accept that i might need help
for the way that i choose to cope
with the pile under the rope
oh i’m afraid to disappear
& i try to kill that fear
am i gonna self-destruct
or try to pick myself up?
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