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canada
will you be kind to me
canada
there's so much i can never be
maybe after a few drinks
canada
will you be kind to me
canada
i just need to get away and breathe
canada
will you be kind to me
canada
there's so much i can never be
i'll see you in a few weeks
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bobbing for bad apples
02:52
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i tried
so hard
to see this in a different light
thought i'd find some
sort of answer
but all it did was hurt my eyes
i want someone
to just come over
and watch Airplane with me
i want someone
to just come over
and keep me company,
it's hard fall asleep
the images that i keep
pick a plum from the grocery store
painted toes on the bathroom floor
finished dinner and i asked for more,
did you know you can eat an apple core?
ripened plum from the grocery store,
spilled the polish on the bedroom floor,
dinner's ready, they call through the door
i eat my apple just to throw away the core
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i met Evil in childhood
he sat down next to me
i see Evil in summertime
he waited in a fortress made of sheets
i told him to get out of my head
he gathered up my thoughts and made his bed
he didn't sleep much, i was nine,
i told him gently that he was no friend of mine
i don't know Evil in forbidden fruit,
i know him in lies and in walls of the classrooms,
the harsh words we spoke, the look on your face,
self-hatred and self-harm, while he waits to seal my fate
i told him to get out of my head
he gathered up my thoughts and made his bed
i didn't sleep much, i tried to be kind
while he told me "do not move and you'll be fine"
i met Evil in childhood
he is capable of such bad things
but no one is inherently bad
he is only what he chose to be
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gary england's jacket
03:04
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let it manifest
reveal your destiny
go now and get dressed
in layers of anxiety
clouds outside the window
the storm is sentient
desperately seeking out a home
it will not relent
rain rain rain rain
go away
no one wants you here today
rain rain rain rain
it's okay,
they'd use you up if you did stay,
let yourself get lost
in those pictures that you found
and tell them what you thought
as if they are not around
don't let yourself be quiet
when you want to scream
let your lungs be what they want
and let your heart be clean
rain rain rain rain
wash me away
no one wants me here today
and if they leave, i'll be okay
we can all find happiness our own way
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recover
03:14
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well i told myself that i would always be afraid
and i told myself that there could be no other way,
and i told myself, maybe if they'd only stay
i would be okay,
but i watched them as, they went away,
and i still feel it in my chest as i am today
she would tell me there was no other way,
i remember when i used to close my eyes and pray
see ya later, alligator
she took everything from me
doesn't mean i have to hate her
in a while, crocodile
the world is still good
although some parts are vile
when i was a kid i would try to run away
but every time, i would turn around halfway
i'd come home in hopes that my mom would hug me and that she would say,
i am so glad you're okay,
but i wasn't gone long enough for them to notice,
i stared into space until it all went out of focus,
i cried on early mornings that our parents woke us,
scared that i was sitting on the edge of psychosis
one day then, i'll see you again
and just because they leave
doesn't mean i have to hate them
in a while, quite some while,
i will find myself
and i will reconcile
see you soon then, not too soon when
my heart it opens and expands
and i will be, again
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the skies would go grey
i'd never leave my room
i don't know my place
in a world without you
the sky now is blue
the sun will go down soon
what part should i play
on a sunday afternoon
i can't be you
i know i used to
i can't be you
although it's what you're used to
the sky says it's not safe
reflect upon the walls of my bedroom,
directions i can't take,
up ahead: the big gloom
the sky says i can't take,
anything, we're leaving soon
i don't know my place
in a world, with you
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don't box me in
or leave me out
don't want to be seen
don't want to be shut down
wanna drive so far, far away
but behind the wheel
i start to shake
feel i have to go
when i can't escape
but when i'm safe at home,
i feel im not in the right place
don't box me in
or leave me out
i bet it's still the same
in every town
i feel the safest when
i'm not in control
wide open space,
no where to go
i have every piece
yet i am not whole
and i can't find peace,
body leaves the soul,
body leaves the soul
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deliberate
03:05
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i'll wake up and i
wish i'd woken up with more time
i'll wake up and i
i'll wish i'd woken up to more light
a fall from great height
just close your eyes
a fall from great height
the ground will embrace you with such great might
kiss loved ones goodbye
and kiss them again when you say hi
kiss loved ones goodbye
look them in the eyes when you say goodnight
the string of a kite
fragile, will hold on when you take flight
the string of a kite
fragile, the wind picks up and fights
one day i'll wake up and die
i'll take a hand and hold on tight
i'll wake up and die
and to wake up again, i'll hope i might
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some morning after
02:35
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got to be kind to myself
because nobody else
is guaranteed to be,
every book on the shelf,
is one i once intended to read,
mutilating my palms
i never meant to hurt the hand
that feeds,
my fingernails are too damn long,
anger grows and spreads like a weed,
it's kind of funny how,
the water distorts and blocks it out
everything i don't want to see,
everything you did to me,
and i'll think to myself
what a hideous disaster
but i'll feel again
on some morning after
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mary is Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
songs made in my bedroom. my dog helps sometimes
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