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Auburn
03:40
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I see you in the auburn tint hidden in my hair
that occasionally appears in sunlight's direct glare
I try to write you out of my narrative
but the timeline's too intricate
to extract these events
I feel you
in the way that I'm frozen still
at the foot of the hill
of my responsibilities
I feel you
in the way that I lose control
on the trail of all the obstacles
that you placed in my way
And now I'm wondering
if you have the capacity
for intentionality
as I find myself to be
eternally seventeen
in your sculpted reality
with walls past which you can't see
you're detached so heavily
so I must be forgiving
I must be forgiving...
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2. |
Grass Patch
03:12
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sometimes I can’t find the words
oh well its fine, I’ll sit and observe
all the while, my focus is inward
spiral of thoughts, makes knots of my innards
i’ll run from the thoughts which I think and I get caught up in
i stumble and fall, hit a mental wall and I’m caught again
like a dog, it walks me in circles
try to circumvent circumscribed troubles
bring me back… back to some good year
so far back, for nothing feels new here
i’ll run from the thoughts which I think and I get caught up in
i stumble and fall, hit a mental wall and I’m caught again
my circular path, my patch in the grass, where does it end, and begin
when the day is done, I guess the lesson is learned
when nothings lost and nothing is earned
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3. |
Reach
03:19
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we've got a hard time coming
its been a long time coming
the less I give, the more you want
the more I give, the less you want me around
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4. |
Red & Blue
03:10
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I closed my eyes to go to bed
I woke up in my old front lawn instead
my hands were bound behind my back
I tried my best but I could not react
red and blue
floods my field of view
red and blue
and a ghost of you
I closed my eyes to go to bed
I woke up in that parking lot instead
my ears filled with the screams and shouts
that swinging fist connecting with my mouth
red and blue
floods my field of view
red and blue
and a ghost of you
I search for you
in the things I do
as I search for you
I hope to god I never find a thing
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5. |
Reverse Recovery
02:30
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We regret and lose sleep
in perpetuity.
We regress and repeat,
reverse recovery.
I repent and reprieve,
divert accountability.
Open to be deceived
without admitting defeat.
Stealthily slithering,
unsheathe your toxicity.
Confusion with which to keep;
postponed my guilt, paid down personal safety.
I know that I know better now.
A couple calendars cut up while I thought it all out.
Even so inevitably,
we revert back and reverse recovery.
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6. |
Run Wild, VA
05:10
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my feet move without my direction
body bends back like the chainlink fence we hopped at Chapmans
sweltering heat makes my head spin
as I’m peering through the glass into the cellar soldiers slept in
the time slips away again
fleeting as fast as it can
It plays keep away again
sing to me catch me if you can
lost, lacking lust for life, growing tired
the commonwealth, she croons to me: run wild
get lost in my joy like I’m a child
let me loose where Virginia runs wild
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Sick Semper Virginia
Tunes. VA.
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