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The Life of the Party
It's easy to be the / Life of the party. / You just drink more
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Buckle Up
The empty seatbelt flashes the Sun / An s-o-s / Into my eyes as if
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Stay Up Late
Stay up late, pushing past exhaustion into perfection of perception. / Understanding of self is essential for this existential extollment. / Extollment? I meant extinguishment. Can't convey if I'm projecting.
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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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Doing Happy
Sometimes I realize I don't / Do happy very well / And when I'm really trying I
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2880
Look down this street / With only a handful of houses / And my eyes land on 2880
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American Spirit
Contentment is such a fleeting state / Take a drag / Feeling like all is right until
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On Breaking Broken Hearts
I've been called a tease, sometime heart-breaker. / I never wanted to break yours 'cause / I know hearts are like fine ceramics.
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On Losing Things
We talk so much about / Who we’ll lose it to or / How it’s going to happen and
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cantstopwontstop
Brain racing, wors falling (or is it flowing?). ******* / Hand writing (righting?) the wrongs I've made. / Pen (pin?) scratching words on flesh that doesn't seem to feel.
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