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ABOVE AND BELOW
so / so you think that you know what comfort can lend? / when the days languish but the anguish won't end
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Mar 19, 2014
ALL THE REASONS
it's quiet now without the sound of you breathing / life into this dusty aging house / but in the end I figured out I had invented all the reasons
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Dec 30, 2013
ALL THE REASONS
it's quiet now without the sound of you breathing / life into this dusty aging house / but in the end I figured out I had invented all the reasons
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May 19, 2014
ANGELS AREN'T ENOUGH
you could have known me truly and the selfish promises I have pledged / but I saved you, I kept you safe, I kept you turned away from my edge / safe from me because I'm a dark fall not intended to fledge
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Feb 7, 2014
ANOTHER FIRST KISS
I want another first kiss / for every minute with you I've missed / for every single past time we could have been each others only tryst
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Mar 8, 2013
ANTICONFLICT
its the source of all my stresses / living inside a mindful of other peoples messes / it's the message
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Apr 26, 2012
ANYWHERE BUT INSIDE ME
what they call a heart, my every anchor chained / what the pages make my story, every loss explained / like words in letters, as if they retain it, like they make it better
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Dec 9, 2013
A STARE'S SEDUCTION
happy and care free / the side of me waiting inside me that you'll probably never see / a "me" that can't stand the sight of myself outwardly that you'll probably always believe
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Dec 8, 2012
ATMOSPHERE
It's the music, the alcohol / it's my situation won't improve / it's vices
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Apr 26, 2012
BABY DOLL
they say stay strong / and i tried / but hearts stray and betray pride
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Apr 27, 2012
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