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Ghost
05:40
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I hope you’re sleeping alright
I hope you finally found a way to finally quiet your mind
I can’t quiet mine
I hope these bills all get paid
I hope you’re eating ok
I hope sometime you find the time to quiet your mind,
and I hope that all goes away
I’m wide awake and dreaming
It’s always the same place:
over red sand, under blue sky,
the feel of white light on my face
I hope you’re dreaming of me
I hope when you wake up it’s more than a memory
you might want to hold again
Like a kind word from a friend,
your favorite hat, or a photograph of a place where you could rest
I’m wide awake and shaking
I’m communing with a ghost
tired of hiding in the attic,
tired of always disappearing down the coast,
tired of asking if this is real anymore
“Is this real anymore?”
“Is this real anymore?”
“Because I don’t feel real anymore.”
Babe, I hope you’re sleeping alright.
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Diary
05:20
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I read your diary
It’s a hard read, but not a waste of ink
It’s tragic and bleak
But that’s relatable and worth more than you think
Every burning star, every light that you carry,
casting both a shadow and a glow
Every step you take is a fight
but still you’re moving
And that’s moving for your reader, ya know
It’s hard to be alone
Harder still to be lonely when everybody’s home
And no matter where you go
You can’t escape the feeling
that you’ve got a feeling nobody else knows
You wake up
To that devil’s hum
Scared to sleep
For what you dream
Every night, it gets so dark
You’re like a black hole
Son, you’re like a spark
Every burning star, every light that you carry,
casting both a shadow and a glow
Every word you write is a light that you are saving
It’s a shame you’re not saving your own
I read your diary
It’s a hard read, but not a waste of ink
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Snake
04:16
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You’re mean as a snake,
precious as ivory
I’ve never needed much
like I need you inside me
I would wait for you to call me home
in that some old awful tone
saying you’re lonely but you’re not alone
Oh dear, all the years we’ve been sleeping
holding on to all the secrets you’re keeping
I would wait for you to let me in
And I’d try hard to forgive
That’s been hard long as I’ve lived
Oh dear I feel lost
Only shadows of what I once was
Oh, sore afraid
spinning circles in the plans that we made
Where I could own you
It’s like a fire
burning me hollow
I’d offer you my blood
you would just swallow
I would bleed for you to breathe again
That’s all the I can give
I’d die for you to live
Dear I feel lost
only shadows of what I once was
Oh, sore afraid
spinning circles in the plans that we made
Where I could own you
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Dive
03:44
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How deep would you dive?
What pearls will you find?
Can you see them?
When it’s dark down below
And there’s so much you don’t know
Can you believe in anything at all?
When the truth is at the bottom
And it’s deeper than you think
There’s a price to being honest
Staring at your face in the mirror above the sink
Wondering how you got so lost
Is this your life?
I don’t know where we go to find ourselves
But you found an ocean,
there’s nothing for you to do but dive
There’s always that hole
Close your eyes and you’ll know
That it still haunts you
So you’re staring down inside
You can leave with what you find
If you want to leave that darkness at all
When the truth is at the bottom
Feels like you’ve got so far to go
So you’re leaving here tomorrow
Headed into nothing, nowhere,
with no one here to hear you
And you don’t know how you got so lost
Was this your life?
I don’t know where we go to find ourselves
But you found an ocean,
there’s nothing for you to do but dive
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No Face
05:46
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No face in your mirror
No word in your mouth
Stains on all your T-shirts
You don’t want to wash out
Nothing’s coming easy
Even breathing feels like work
You can’t trust your feelings
Your mind is even worse
The choice is fire or lightning
Either way it burns
You smile until your crying
So you only smile now when it hurts
Sometimes it’s hard to be alone
It’s hard to be alone
It’s hard to be alone
It’s so hard to be in love
There’s no face in your mirror
There’s no word in your mouth
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