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i regret all the times i said leave me alone
i regret all the times i said leave me alone / you put up with a lot and asked for so little / a little love a little time
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May 21, 2020
September, 2018
The stubs of my fingernails are chipped and broken from trying to hold on to you. / Clawing desperately at the rug you ripped out from under me. / I’m just not feeling this.
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Dec 3, 2018
It's one of those nights
(When I go to bed hungry and / Worried / Because I only had six beers and
6
Sep 14, 2017
But Really
There is this / Conundrum in my head / Where I say:
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May 5, 2017
The Last Time
To my face you said 'Take out your anger.' I did / But now I'm pretty sure you were already with him / I told you I'd finish fast and I
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Dec 9, 2016
A Desire Grew In Him
A desire grew in him to be elsewhere / So he left those sickly streets and flew far, farther. / Farther even than the sunset and then he sat
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Dec 16, 2010
The Life of the Party
It's easy to be the / Life of the party. / You just drink more
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Jul 8, 2010
American Spirit
Contentment is such a fleeting state / Take a drag / Feeling like all is right until
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May 26, 2010
Buckle Up
The empty seatbelt flashes the Sun / An s-o-s / Into my eyes as if
5
May 26, 2010
Doing Happy
Sometimes I realize I don't / Do happy very well / And when I'm really trying I
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May 21, 2010
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