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My Chasm
06:24
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Quiet –
I’ll embrace
All the dread
Cuz it brings me to you
Now go
Just go
I am going
On right through
And it rips me, rose bud
Now cut
Me with this
Clarity
And peel back the
Layers
Brick by brick
Find something
To caress me
Take it easy
Still, oh I bleed
Evernight
And at every..
Pour over
Flowing
Like a prayer
And now I can see
See his face
So clear now
It is stretched outside
Covered in
August lace
Mouthing kisses
Sent way up from
The underside
Where no one’s keeping score
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2. |
The Shape It Makes
02:20
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The shape it makes
Coiling up around my spine
Nestling the nape
And licking the lips of soft pink light
I’m trying hard
To keep it down
I smother it with wild flowers
A rosary of lilacs
It’s sheathed around its frame
If you’re scared, it’s OK
Just remember
What the heart can’t rest
The hole won’t swallow
And with it every ache
Will dissipate by early morrow
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3. |
17
04:50
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You were open-veined; peeled
Busted up at the seams
When i let you go, you were 17
Back then, you moved the streets
Like an unsheathed queen
But then they came back for you
With arms and speed;
Ripped you out from under me
Though i didn’t mean to,
I couldn’t stick around to
Help you out
I know i’ve let you down
I remember we were young
And having all kinds of fun
We were tired, but strong
Til they corrupted the blood of our song
But when - would it ever - be enough?
And then it came, that rotten ring
Boomerang through my brain
That’s when it changed
And your voice cut through me twice
Like a jagged knife
Gave me that awful gash
And all my dreams – what could i do
Cuz i’d rather die than lose and
Hang the noose
But i had to draw the drapes;
Be on the move
Find my way back to you –
When all i ever wanted was to
Spare you from that pain
All i ever needed was to
heal your wounds and say
It’s done, now go –
You’re free
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4. |
Without You
01:22
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We only wanted you
To be free and stay warm
But neither of those things
Came easy for you
And me
But now we stand
Alone and free
Without the pain
Without the hate
And all that's left now
Is to turn and
Walk away
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5. |
Wandering
03:55
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Warmth unbending
Around you
I’m kneeling
At our water’s edge
Where the rest of me floats
And these wounds
They just won’t
They just won’t
They ain’t gonna heal
They won’t heal for you
And there’s
No meaning
No need
Hold it tightly
Sew your skin
Into mine
Fold into me
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6. |
Flash in the Pan
01:31
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Look right here,
I’m here for you!
Dancing in the brush
Calling out to you!
I’ll be open for you
But only as far as I can see
Palpable waves of anger
Rushing over me
Look at me!
I’m here for you
Reaching out to you from under the brush
And just like that, a flash in the pan
To you I’m a cosmic ray
Disbanding in the dark
Just go
You’re no good for me anymore
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7. |
Bind
00:56
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I picked up the phone
I spoke to you
But you didn’t tell me
What was on your mind
The words never came
They couldn’t slip right off
Your tongue
But why wasn’t I wiser
To know that something was wrong
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9. |
In the Mire
01:33
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History and Skin
03:10
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My body
Lying next to yours
Here, we are subservient
To our vessel’s counterparts
Like intertwined spines
Spiraling, spiraling toward the light
As we mount her horizon, feverishly
And in a hot, hot sweat
I cock back my head in splendor
Here, we don’t need chaperones
I am my mother’s tongue
Nestled in the womb of night
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11. |
Poor Son
02:01
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Poor son, wait
Wipe that smug look off your face
We all know by now
You’ve had it hard but so have we
No apologies, not one
Even after all these years
But I am done with it
Every single lick
Being held down by this shit
How long til they say
You’re free
Break into the fold
Til we find you home
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12. |
Black Pearl
09:57
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13. |
Unbody
03:45
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Return to the fold
And I’ll nix the excess
I’ll burrow inside of you
Deep in the root
Bury it
Let them splinter
Into nothing
Tucked inside this
Unbody
(Don’t share our secrets
We worked so hard to keep them)
I’ll keep you warm
I’ll unbreak these chains
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14. |
Brandon
03:56
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Brandon, I know
It’s been a long time
Since the last time
That I wrote
Honestly, if you ask me
I couldn’t see
What good it’d do
Oh, but brother, I know
Just how much you
Loved those cologne ads
So I’m saving all my Rolling Stones for you
And remember when you asked me
Could you find me a girl penpal
She’ll write you letters
Sing you that song
You knew all along
Cuz I would if it could
Keep you from harm
And tearing apart
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15. |
His Eyes
01:00
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Heap not on this mound
White roses that he loved so well
But why bewilder him with them
That he cannot see or smell
He is happy where he lies
With the dust upon his eyes
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Scott Zareski Chicago, Illinois
Crafting soundscapes while conjugating verbs in an effort to exchange feelings kinetically.
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