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"I've noticed you cry a lot." Yeah, that's me. On the wardrobe door floating on the Atlantic. Except nobody's noticed the ship's sunk. I think they're reclining on lidos, like the water is warm for them. A tsunami rushing up side streets— life flows on, collecting things. Stops for no one and if you fall you're dragged along until you find your feet. I'm drowning here, nobody else has noticed the swell. I've pressed paused on a stopwatch, trying to grasp at a flimsy reality. They're still all doing the motions, I'm stuck still refusing to speak. My friends are strangers in the street, they're all calm in the madness. Maybe the chaos is all in my head, time carries on for everyone but me.
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Aug 3, 2016
Aug 3, 2016 at 2:16 PM UTC
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"I've noticed you cry a lot." Yeah, that's me. On the wardrobe door floating on the Atlantic. Except nobody's noticed the ship's sunk. I think they're reclining on lidos, like the water is warm for them. A tsunami rushing up side streets— life flows on, collecting things. Stops for no one and if you fall you're dragged along until you find your feet. I'm drowning here, nobody else has noticed the swell. I've pressed paused on a stopwatch, trying to grasp at a flimsy reality. They're still all doing the motions, I'm stuck still refusing to speak. My friends are strangers in the street, they're all calm in the madness. Maybe the chaos is all in my head, time carries on for everyone but me.
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Aug 3, 2016
Aug 3, 2016 at 2:16 PM UTC
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