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Ghost Girl
03:21
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I'm dying to forget that I'm dying all alone. I'm searching for the torch that helps me light my way back home. I see you in my dreams, in effigy it seems, I'm drunk enough to sleep or make a mess of everything. I hear you creeping in, glass bones and paper skin, your silhouette's enough to haunt me still and stop the spin. Do I ever cross your mind? Because you're burrowed deep in mine. Just like cicadas in the ground you wait to sing in time.
I never meant to be at the root of everything that scorned you most, and cascaded all your hate and suffering. The curtains got pulled shut, I wasn't there for you enough to take away the parasite that lives within your gut. You manifest in me, and your presence never leaves. I feel you as you're surely letting go of everything. I'm singing for a ghost, but I guess that's letting go. I'll exorcise the demons in my head that I still host.
So before I let you go, I thought I'd let you know I'm sorry that I made you stay, it was irresponsible. I'm trying to reset, and live with the regret that I let you walk away to breathe while I can't catch my breath. I'm stuck in a plateau, but you have room enough to grow, and nourish all your life, forget the past that you've outgrown. The wraith of you exists, in my words and in my pen. No matter what I do, I just can't write you out of them.
I'm singing to a ghost. The one that I loved most. I'll exorcise the demons in my head that I still host.
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Me vs. Me
03:35
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Buried within the darkest depths of all my art, there's something that burns brighter, but I've yet to find that part. The voices like choirs, an ensemble, sing me lullabies of grief. Am I grieving for myself or am I starving for release?
I'm mourning again, for all of the parts of me I've lost. I gave them away in exchange for love, or so I thought. They've got to be somewhere. Or maybe they're all just lost inside the void., Will I cease rebuilding bridges my shortcomings will destroy?
It's hard to be someone, when the sutures come undone, and you're spilling your guts out in front of your loved ones.
They told me "Iook straight ahead when you're running from your past." Does it make me a masochist if I can't help looking back? There's a fury inside of me, and I'll take that to my grave. So bury me softly, things are better off that way.
I could've been something.
I should've been something by now.
I'd walk away from my regret but, I just keep retracing steps.
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He Will Not Cry Out
06:01
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Was it something I said? Did I do something wrong? To trigger your impulse, did I lead you along?
Is it me?
You said to keep quiet, cause heaven forbid, that anyone know, and I'd die if they did.
Is it me?
You told me it's painless, and it'll be over soon. "So take off your clothes and go wait in your room".
Is it me?
Im daydreaming now, as if I'm somewhere else. Cause it's a victimless crime if I lie to myself.
Is it me?
Can I go?
What time will mommy be home?
Will she know?
Will she believe me if I told her so?
You know I grow queasy at the sight of your grin.
A grin from a pastor who's living in sin.
Is it me?
You read me your scripture, you preach of the truth. Say the Lord will pass judgement but does he pass it on you?
Is it me?
I'll carry your secrets, cause I know what's at stake. But is it fair for a child to carry that weight?
Is it me? Is the heart of a man as cold as it gets when it makes a grown man steal the life of a kid?
Is it me?
My heart will move on, but it never forgets. There's a hole that's been growing since the innocence left.
Was it me?
The life I've been given ain't what I would have chose. My garden is barren where hydrangea grows.
Was it me?
I'll harbor your guilt now, and I'll lock it up tight I'll bolster that burden for all of my life.
Was it me?
You preach of forgiveness "except for those queers" but does it make you a queer if there's no one to hear.
Was it me?
I know I'll be happy on the day that I go to the place where you're buried to dig up your bones.
It was me.
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