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Hallowed Ground
03:23
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I spent the first year waiting for the rut to end
And in a moment it was perfect, then a mess again
And I could tell you needed more but I was not enough
You did your best, that's all I asked, for you to let me love
You weren't the first and I can promise you won't be the last
You think I'd learn but I've been blessed with an unsteady hand
And I've been shaking trying to make you pick apart the times
You let me in and shut me out before I cleared my eyes
And if you're happy now
Then who am I to tell
I spent the last year wishing things had stayed the same
But we were young and you were different, our perceptions changed
And I could tell you needed something, I was not enough
You made it clear to me, then cut me off and strung along
Every sentence you projected as a dying friend
A loyal ally in a world when it's been badly bent
And now I lost you to an utter lack of common sense
I thought you'd find it if you looked but you seem quite content
And if you're happy now
Then who am I to tell
I'll spend the better part
Of my twenties waiting out
For you to come around
Catch up on hallowed ground
Make up for time we lost
Like nothing else is gone
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Burnt Palms
03:26
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Trembling hands, open eyes
In the place you lost the sun
Buried deep, scared to move
For the fear of what you've done
Lost your sight, masked a smile
Taught yourself to hold your tongue
Little speak, overheard
In the house you've overrun
And I know that it's hard to face the facts
But I've watched you sprint and stumble back
Too numb to evaluate the fall
Too young to know anything at all
But I've seen every vessel in your eyes
Burn bright till' they flicker out and die
And I watch as you suffocate the flame
Burnt palms with nobody else to blame
Caught your eye, made you look
But I joked too soon again
Spit it out, fake a laugh
Pull the sheet over your head
You can tell I'm a wreck
I've done everything I can
Lost my self catching you
With that same hole in my hand
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04/05/16
02:43
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You took him tired eyed and lonesome
To the place you live your life
Without a thought you're spitting bullets
In a young and caring mind
And if you want to let it burn
Then I'll sit here and watch the fire
And if you need it, I'll hold your head up
Till' the time that we have expires
But if you ever lay a finger or lead him to the poison well
I'll hold you under till' you're drowning in the bullshit you tell yourself
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Tongue In Cheek
03:40
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After everything else and all that you said
Do you honestly think we could do it again
Like we did for a while, a tongue in a cheek
A language we learned, then forgot how to speak
You've been stuck in a haze, a pattern displayed
By moments we had but you let get away
Cause you held it too close and kept it inside
The life that you want but you'll never ignite
You were right
I guess everything good does fade
I moved on but it hurts to change
You stayed still like it'd hurt less
Like the cuts wouldn't break skin
And we used to embrace the feeling
Like your walls didn't need a ceiling
Like your windows would stay closed
Cut the draft of your last home
After everything else and all that you said
Do you honestly think it was all in your head
From the cracks in the wall to the hole in your heart
To the tick in your brain that you can't pick apart
You've been stuck in a maze and tried to retrace
The steps that you took but they faded away
You'll be safe for a while but the curtain will fall
And the wool on your eyes will mean nothing at all
You were right
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On & On
03:18
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I've been sitting here wasting away
I'm unable, unwilling to change
I lost sight of the road we were on
Pumped the breaks but the pedals were gone
And I'm dizzy from trying to quit
Fill my lungs up with sugar and spit
There's a flame in the back of my mind
Burning everything else up inside
So you wait for the tables to turn
With your arms crossed and carefully burnt
And I'm hoping that someday you're right
Cause I'm willing, I'm ready to try
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Cooper Horton Boston, Massachusetts
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