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Daley Plaza
02:18
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a fear you'll never know
one that half a country voted for
cat calls at the anti-rape march
subtle stab at the past
wounds older than your
grandfather's words
so self-assured in your
white, patriarchal world
that you could never be the one to
spill blood
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2. |
Perish Song
02:26
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we stayed up
watching star trek
I told you I can never sleep
I told you my greatest fears and anxieties
and all my re-occurring dreams
I have a re-occurring dream of getting fired from my job
a re-occurring dream of meaning
I have a re-occurring wish, of giving up more than my job
a re-occurring wish for meaning
After saying that I wouldn't sleep in ever again
I slept all morning long
it's hard to sleep it seems
when the only thing ya dream
is serving monsters
you said my life wasn't enough
it almost went to waste
but you couldn't wait
I was running like the clock
left me bare to waste
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3. |
Effigy of a Graveyard
01:49
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SO
I've been standing here
waiting for someone to teach me
a new fear so that I
can feel a little more human
and I've been taking all these photographs
and you're not there
eye to eye
(you're a)
christmas lights in July
(better)
in Bloomington across the street from the cemetery
(person)
is where I buried all of those half-written postcards
(in pictures)
and I'm coming down
from the summer heat
you've been taking all these photographs
and I'm not there anymore
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4. |
Thoracic Vertabrae
02:30
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I know you won't call
the only reason that I smoked cigarettes
was to taste your breath again
the spine of smoke creates a ceiling
and it looks so pretty, but I know
I've got nothing to throw
who am I to think
I need blankets of snow
to match the white spine
freezing the backbone
and for once keep it whole
I want to forget all I know
But I'm blind
yeah, I've become blind
from all the snow on your house
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5. |
Grow in Concrete
02:41
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and I just miss the nights where we'd drink red wine and talk for hours
about all our fears and what we'd hope for
but for now, you have burned so many bridges
and we're stuck on opposite sides of the world
and when I saw the marks on his neck, I sunk so deep
the look in his sad eyes said more than you ever did
and you'll fall; you'll fall so hard
you'll feel the burn; the only way you'll ever learn
and I just miss the times where we'd drive for miles
just to feel each other's breath on our necks
but for now you refuse to grow
just falling into the trap of your parent's safety net
and I don't know how things got so fucked up
but we'll fall; yeah, we'll fall so hard
and I don't know who I am or what I've become
but we'll fall; yeah, we'll fall so hard
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6. |
Vulpes
04:15
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most days I have to build up the courage to leave my room
as myself and not in disguise
covering up my imperfections
with my mask
that continues to grow
I hide in plain sight from my captors
whom I don't dare to speak to
I felt too much as the burden
the only escape may be
may be too far away
there's always something else is just a coping mechanism
well it's a beauty not to look at
you can't yours unless you are; cuz it's not something you wanna
pretend you are
the first time I bore myself
the shock was over-whelming
I broke down, we broke down
nothing much remained
my mask
couldn't replace the pieces
it's got to go; it's got to go
I can hardly keep it away
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Nightshift Chicago, Illinois
Four slobs playing angry pop songs.
ACAB
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