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Sleepy

Dead souls reprising the hollowed echoes of my suicide

Thumping inside the tunnels, marking sudden genocide

Lonely families gather around, witnessing a terrible act unfold

All the husbands have no jobs, keeping the children shiver cold

 

Gaunt and pale, sleepy and overtired, clinging to me

Making me think of our future and fantasies

But unfortunately, all of those things can never be

Because all I want to do is hang myself from a tree

 

I don't want to think about you and me

I don't want you to call me when you think you need me

I don't want you to visit my house when you want to see me

I wish I was dead, but I guess I will lay here and sleep instead

Sleeping is less painful than having a bullet lodged into your head

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Sep 17, 2011
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