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Snailfinder
04:04
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there is a poem
and it's strange
how the letters flip around and rearrange
it's a beat
that steadies with the rhythm
when you learn it everything falls into place and
comes much easier the sound
of an ambulance, cop cars, firemen
leading all their ladders to the scene
beneath every bad relationship
everyone you've ever been with
and I could see them
right behind my balcony
I could see them leading pathways
through the people in the street
and the fire too high for me to reach you
could I reach through?
explain away the mess I've made
every single broken mistake
every beating heart
every feeling
every headspace
every passing light buried heavy on the entry of the interstate
every monumental moment
fades away
tired eyes
can they ever see further than right ahead?
tired eyes
amalgamation of all the action that I'll never get
tired eyes
I lead you every night to the same sheets same pillow same bed
tired eyes
I'll take the burden
I'll let the hurt in
every night that I don't sleep
all the dates
speckled on the calendars
that I once kept
books I once read
scattered all the pages onto the floor
lined them up
intertwine
moments of relationships
fictional and fabricated
conveniently and constantly evaporating
spiral notebooks burned into my head
pen and ink
reflecting what I shouldn't be again
a tiny glimpse
imperfect memories
blistered fingertips hang direct above the centerpiece
glowing with uncertainty, integrity
physically here
but always fading mentally
does it make sense?
does it push me?
can it ever make me breath the way you breathe?
does it hold true?
like the light blue?
of your eyes when I see them look at me?
every single broken mistake
every beating heart
every feeling
every headspace
every passing light buried heavy on the entry of the interstate
every monumental moment
fades away
tired eyes
can they ever see further than right ahead?
tired eyes
amalgamation of all the action that I'll never get
tired eyes
I lead you every night to the same sheets same pillow same bed
tired eyes
I'll take the burden
I'll let the hurt in
every night that I don't sleep
every night that I don't sleep
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captivated
a lot of things moving
all the spinning goes with the confusion
a flash of light
intended for viewing
we shield our eyes situations start improving
a tangled mess
simple but proving
everyone left
no more contusions
the motion sets in and I start removing
I come alive again to beckon your energy
I hold the thought out desperate in front of me
moving away never seemed so easy
I know a lot about losing friends and family
never thought I'd be the kind to let it affect me
these scars
like a trophy to me
I show them off to just about
every person that I meet
keep inside what sets me apart
a lot of people I know never get very far
you are the wind
I am the sail
I wish I could be more but alone I would fail
I am the stone
you are the sword
one day someone will pull you from me
don't be alarmed
we knew it was coming
just like the seasons
change into summer
take a moment
to slow down your breath
your beating heart
your weighted chest
I don't expect anyone to make it much better
I don't think time is much of a healer
I think the worst of us have it much easier
if there's a chance to pull through
we should leave it
these scars
like a trophy to me
I show them off to just about
every person that I meet
keep inside what sets me apart
a lot of people I know never get very far
you are the wind
I am the sail
I wish I could be more but alone I would fail
I am the stone
you are the sword
one day someone will pull you from me
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Grayscale
04:23
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keep me out of the sunset
it keeps me in line
several rows centered in this house
centerfold centered in my mind
things start to come to life
and I'm desperate again
I want to know what forces the paper to the pen
I want to know what makes these words come out of my head
I want to keep it all in
I want to keep you all out
musings and lacerations in my heart
if it all followed through could it be worth it?
what keeps it together?
what keeps it focused?
I want to keep it together I want to keep it
I want to keep it together I want to keep it
I just want them to see me in color
I just want them to see me recover
I want the memory to hold me down
and drown me out
I just want them to see me in color
in a hotel right around sundown
keeping words at bay
cleaning out my brain
holding on for something much better
holding out for better endeavors
I wonder if you know anything about everything?
my head from the inside looking out
it's just a memory of everything I'll never be
and everything I ever wanted to be
I just want them to see me in color
I just want them to see me recover
I want the memory to hold me down
and drown me out
I just want them to see me in color
I just want them
seeing it all from the inside out
do it with everything so I can manage to do without
keeping memories of those I'll never see again
keep my heart so I can fill the hole in my head
can you see the things that I see in my room?
do you watch me through my window, as I watch you?
through the frame
it's just like a new light
nothing's ever wanted
everything is too new
I'm in the sunrise
I feel
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Sepsis
02:52
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a lot of things
remind me of you
all the colors in space
like a faint deep blue
against the night sky
the colors split into two
it comes creeping up
through the back of my head
to my trembling shaking spine
a light shining through
I've got a feeling
we're all gonna make it
oh concubine, mine, my head won't stop
I've got a feeling
things could be worse
but my god
it takes
it takes a lot
a tiny vision
a sweeping motion
pulling at passion
for there is a hole in my side
where you used to sleep
that hole has become
a part of me
a distant memory, salacious and sensory
every time someone reaches out to touch me
I've got a feeling
we're all gonna make it
oh concubine, mine, my head won't stop
I've got a feeling
things could be worse
but my god
it takes
it takes a lot
so will I work hard
will it pay off?
if I stay still
will it be the same as above?
will I work hard
will it pay off?
if I stay still
will it be the same as above?
will it be the same as above?
a body at rest
can stay in motion
a tiny sense that
everything's broken
you make the visit
it falls around you
when you're alone and
you feel the beating
in your chest
is it depleting?
am I more broken than once thought?
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Hiraeth
04:26
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a cold day
the wind blowing in a train station
nineteen-forty-four
a sharp breeze
lonely sentiment
a kind of light abstract
and I've been there
I've been there
she said
she's been here
she's been here
look back through the looking glass
hope to find here
a car crash where I suffer whiplash
what do I hope she'd bring here?
a moving part inside of the machine
an ugly masterpiece
hum from central heat
dreams where she always leaves
something pulling me
as if I've left
as if I've left
head to the side
ask yourself why
I know the worst has yet to come
but I will stay by your side
keep me away
I've been watching your face
it takes me back, it takes me back
to places I never thought I'd see
keep us apart
hold close to me
it's like a symphony whenever you're around me
things that I've lost
they come undone
I'll change my name, conceal my face
is that what they want?
is that what they want?
between the bedsheets
while cleaning
I fold the corners nice
subtract from everything
sunlight through the blinds on the bed
have you noticed the draft from the basement?
a specific place that I left it
in storage containers
that's where I keep her
and one day
like the blind leading the blind leading me on
I'll slip into one of those boxes too
a forgotten piece of time
head to the side
ask yourself why
I know the worst has yet to come
but I will stay by your side
keep me away
I've been watching your face
it takes me back, it takes me back
to places I never thought I'd see
keep us apart
hold close to me
it's like a symphony whenever you're around me
drip drip through the pane of the window, the glass
click click, pen writing semblances fast
flip flip all the pages, reading out names
once lost now never forgotten
I wish you
could see me now
I wish you
could hear this now
I wish you
could live without
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/ˈfī(ə)rˌbrand/
noun
1. one who is passionate about a
cause, typically inciting change and taking radical action
2. a midwest-emo mathcore band from Virginia
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