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bird skeleton
02:25
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i am slight and fragile
im a bird with no wings
they’re always throwing bread crumbs
and it’s littering the streets
i always picked the thimble
in a game of monopoly
maybe some sort of symbol
a protection from what life was sewing
and it seems so simple
but it’s really hard
to grow when it seems your body’s fighting against you
and you keep attracting harm
i am slight and fragile
im a bird with no wings
i bite my pinky finger
in my early bird deep sleep
and oh
what it means
to wake from dreams
the words we sing
oh just to keep
memories
of stronger things
oh what do you see
see in me
i see a bird skeleton
i try to disagree
i try to be, just be
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rose petal shrine
01:39
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i wanna wake
to find the days
feel like they did
when i was a younger,
a little less sad, maybe still unsure,
but not so desensitized
i wanna wake
to find the shrine
that i made for the flower
when it died
taped up on the wall
with the drawing of us
and a wilted petal,
i still felt i was alive
rose petal shine
u are a symbol of what once was mine
when i would say
the world is soft and i’m okay
rose petal shrine
ur a reflection of a kinder time
want to say
i should never have thrown u away
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light blue
02:34
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cover me in blankets
she said my hair looked like a rat’s nest
i don’t need a pillow cuz
i’m living as a headrest
i don’t need a jacket
and no i can’t believe u did that
i think about your question
even though you never asked it
and you know it’s not that cold
maybe i’ll paint all these walls gold
or tear each one apart
or crawl inside and become mold
maybe someday
it will get less blue
i’ll remember
i’ll be with you
and on somedays
i almost see
the world i used to
the one that smelled of coffee
dunk my head underwater
couldn’t swim, why would i bother
coughing up the chlorine
i shrink, it all gets taller
in pictures of train stations
the world was mine to play in
you ask me to speak up
because you cant hear what im saying
im looking at my shoes
tie the laces in a noose
“would you like to go oustide now”
sorry, please, no thank you
maybe someday
it will get less blue
i’ll remember
i’ll be with you
and on somedays
i almost see
the world i used to
but i don’t like coffee
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within
01:36
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what did you see
in the clouds when you were young
what words did you not speak
that are now trapped beneath your tongue
my shadow is beside me
like she always was before
she whispers something silent
and then melts into the floor
what does she say to me
what does she need
she’s reaching out within me
who is she
what did you hear
on your morning walk to school
what all did you leave
at the bottom of the pool
the pictures are beside me
they lie across the floor
she looks at me the same
as in the mirror once before
what does she say to me
what does she need
she’s reaching out within me
who is she
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melting
04:05
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looking now
it’s kind of sad
think outloud
it’s not that bad
i’ve done some things
that’d make u proud
i’m just a little
stuck right now
i have a dog
i kiss her nose
i still have trouble
letting go
i’ve had 3 jobs
looking for the 4th
haven’t found yet what
you were hoping for
but im finally
taking medicine
i’ve loved and lost
and tried again
you
and i
i fight
you might
be right
it’s been a while
but i write it down
i think of u
when i start to frown
i’m not yet where
i wanna be
but for u
i’d do most anything
to let you out
to let love in
to sleep it off
and begin again
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mary is Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
songs made in my bedroom. my dog helps sometimes
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