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Doing things by half Shouldn't be the worst In fact it isn't half bad Except when it's us Doing things by half May not be the best But it's some way to that If we can settle for less Doing things by half Is alien in your world Half lit is almost dark The lighting must be full Doing things by half Means we live a half life Hemispheres on a map Jet trails drawn in white Doing things by half Suggests that full is best And yet we laugh At suggestions like this Doing things by half Is how we survive It's how we laugh And it's why we cry Doing things by half Is a glass half drained Lipstick on the glass Then a Milanese train Doing things by half Is a hope half gone Gone to your heart Perhaps to return again Doing things by half Like doing things by heart We learn them We love them We never forget
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Sep 10, 2014
Sep 10, 2014 at 3:25 PM UTC
Half Life
Doing things by half Shouldn't be the worst In fact it isn't half bad Except when it's us Doing things by half May not be the best But it's some way to that If we can settle for less Doing things by half Is alien in your world Half lit is almost dark The lighting must be full Doing things by half Means we live a half life Hemispheres on a map Jet trails drawn in white Doing things by half Suggests that full is best And yet we laugh At suggestions like this Doing things by half Is how we survive It's how we laugh And it's why we cry Doing things by half Is a glass half drained Lipstick on the glass Then a Milanese train Doing things by half Is a hope half gone Gone to your heart Perhaps to return again Doing things by half Like doing things by heart We learn them We love them We never forget
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tom-red
Irish
Sep 10, 2014
Sep 10, 2014 at 3:25 PM UTC
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