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Today will not be the same as yesterday as much as you'd like it to be I finally learnt to remember the image of deserts etched across your knee Yearning is a cheat; it weaves into clocks and watches pretending to be time And I know that when it comes to us coincidence might resign You let the city in your lungs collapse under this emptiness that’s your earthquake I hope you refuse to smile if it isn't for my sake I wish for the days to be gone that are you and your concrete frowns For now I only wish to see you safe and sound I will caress your white shirt soaked in mud If you promise to stop jumping off buildings, staining the parapet with your blood And so we depend on borrowed feelings Don’t you think that remorse is time worth ticking? For me, it skims across lined pages And for you, it settles back into rusted battle cages Truly, it’s another one of those questions your tongue holds no answer I am familiar with the way desperation forces you to bite into inked rubber I've been scratching spirals into wooden floorings In an effort to take the pain out of waiting And if you look up, the shadows are holding out their hands You turn to me, your face contorted in the strain of trying to understand I cannot bring myself to smile because confusion lies in everyone They’re whispering your name; they’re pulling us into oblivion
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Jun 15, 2014
Jun 15, 2014 at 10:41 AM UTC
A tribute to us and beyond oblivion
Today will not be the same as yesterday as much as you'd like it to be I finally learnt to remember the image of deserts etched across your knee Yearning is a cheat; it weaves into clocks and watches pretending to be time And I know that when it comes to us coincidence might resign You let the city in your lungs collapse under this emptiness that’s your earthquake I hope you refuse to smile if it isn't for my sake I wish for the days to be gone that are you and your concrete frowns For now I only wish to see you safe and sound I will caress your white shirt soaked in mud If you promise to stop jumping off buildings, staining the parapet with your blood And so we depend on borrowed feelings Don’t you think that remorse is time worth ticking? For me, it skims across lined pages And for you, it settles back into rusted battle cages Truly, it’s another one of those questions your tongue holds no answer I am familiar with the way desperation forces you to bite into inked rubber I've been scratching spirals into wooden floorings In an effort to take the pain out of waiting And if you look up, the shadows are holding out their hands You turn to me, your face contorted in the strain of trying to understand I cannot bring myself to smile because confusion lies in everyone They’re whispering your name; they’re pulling us into oblivion
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Jun 15, 2014
Jun 15, 2014 at 10:41 AM UTC
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