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sweet/bitter
02:26
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pays to know
who you are
before you try
to love someone
beats me
why i persist
not knowing
the person i am
hurts my heart
to think of
beginnings and endings
yes it's bittersweet
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drowning lessons
03:34
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dying to know
what life could bring
to be, without
this disease
water below
a seething sea
submerge me
i struggle to breathe
capsized
oil in my eyes
grind away my teeth
sky, dry me with your heat
poison chased
the tasteless trace
is all it takes to
leave lives to waste
black to blue
to black again
sink to sand
my vision ends
studying for drowning lessons
losing grip
on the rail
the deep end
deepens
my life depends
on a sunken sail
i am fucking done
can't say it's been fun
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he rations his thoughts
to last 'til the end
an idea a day to
keep from wasting away
he tries to
grasp the past
remembers each lie
he has sighed
too late to save face
begin to brace
for the coming storm
he curses being born
lifelong mourner
all affairs settled
ready to grin
in the wind
fast, falling
slow, crawling
tied high
swinging silly
hello again
into blackness i send
my body red
mind unfed
no air impairs us
the heir apparent
clutches his throat
the last words he wrote
were:
"i stand
sun in my eyes
you would never
recognize me now"
and he isn't wrong
what once was strong
has withered and
ran dry
his shadow drifts
into dark corners
(n)ever so clever
hide for now
forever
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apocalypse dreamin'
03:41
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godless
progress
lawless
solace
the thrill has gone
in serene scenes
succumb to what's unwound
the earthly hellscape
nothing
sacred
free will
wasted
lock the gate
to dogmatic schemes
glean the remaining hate
to focus on those with
a gleam in dumb eyes
the world turns at
an increasing rate
to face dark skies
nightmares awaken
overtaking life in
daylight like fire
spreading through the trees
searching
yearning
burning
bursting
cut the bolt
on the revolt
reality resurfaces
with mercilessness
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resignation letter
04:01
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slip away, slip away
before the dam begins to break
with a mouth full of hate and
a cold heart to satiate
make what you will of my slide
down the hill to hell for my lies
broken hope, broken hope
never to be trusted
it's a dangerous game
when there's no one else to blame
just myself and my faults, a
miserable man no voices exalt
forever short-sighted
eternally misguided
i ask, "what was it i did
to deserve drowning in red?"
seeps in, seeps in
submerged in sadness
see me, the holy mess
darkness is what i know best
breakdown or breakthrough
i fear the end is nigh
i feel my final rest on high
the rolling hills is where i die
i brandish my broken mind
hand over my name, i resign
if the sky stays black i have a notion
so will the hue of the ocean
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ease
03:28
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the town crier
tells tired lies
around a tire fire
to end a dire night
face caught in flickered light
scared to death, scared of life
officially fucked
a luckless wreck who's lost its path
at ease
take a break from killing me
am i still breathing or
is it just a breeze?
i have never
known anything to last
i was counting the years
but i lost track
in the hands of paralysis
i'm trapped flat on my back
i took the rope and ran with it
the world wants to take me to task
living rent-free
in the deepest trench
still the pain won't leave me be
the drain makes me emaciate
the age-old debate
reverberates between the
sky and my eyes
release me please, erase my need
zero in on the evil inside
it grows beneath the screaming sun
the sound sure has left me stunned
the sin swells within, becomes rotund
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burn in effigy
04:11
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plain sky for drinking under
you turn your back on me
and saunter away
so we sunder
love is a strange puzzle
always missing a single piece
a disappointment dream
spinning on repeat
rolling in the spoils
of your plunder
my memory is muddled
all i recall is a sick grin
finding pride is easy for you
feeding off unbridled cries
you conquer ineluctably
on your campaign of destruction
malevolent and austere
your dark side gains prevalence
illuminated under stars
distant searchlights shine
i try to stay stoic
you remain sadistic
you cut all conventions
an abrupt desertion
inertia keeps me still
you always attack to kill
i'm brimming with fear
nothing will stop you winning
i'll see you later, i know
around the corner you stow
warning signs never lie
it's a useless endeavor to hide
crossing over, now
the die has been cast
the point of no return
has been passed
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apologies
03:26
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see a serpent's tongue
you better run
either the darkest dream
or you're dead, it seems
life's an endless crime
history, it rhymes
so much to atone
all that's set in stone
remind me where i've been
i must make amends
help me reach the other side
you decide the tide
deep in my blue eyes
you can see the struggle i
carry all the time
oh, i wish i was wise
sitting on the side
of roads to nowhere
so much to atone
all that's set in stone
remind me where i've been
i must make amends
help me reach the other side
you decide the tide
give me hell
i have stories to tell
help me please
make the visions cease
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spoil/sacred smile
03:28
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stay pensive
don't trust a soul
they want your head on the mantel
they're evil, if you can't tell
death creeps in
hidden in every fold
you have to fight forever
or just pull the lever
time crawls so slow
forget what you've been told
the night grows so cold
hands shake too hard to hold on
keep moving
break out of your mold
somewhere a new life's waiting
away from all the hatred
one final chance
to prove you're not cancelled yet
find your stance
remove yourself of regrets
stray safely
there's a lot of bad apples lately
what's bad in this world runs rampant
always keep a lamp lit
under the mask
a sacred smile
no one knows
what the future holds
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boom
02:14
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a torn up beast in the yard
shattered glass
a single shard
will do you in
a storm that reaches the stars
one big blast
one quick flash
you'll see the end
spending day and night on guard
it feels awful
to know the truth
we're made to lose
nothing matters
take a breath
some things stop
others begin
you are who you are
and that's okay
you'll get through
i'm sure of this
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(EM) Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Eddie Mead
the NITE DINO
sees you soon...
thrombosis jones lives alone
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