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Keep it Light

Keep It Light, Keep it light Keep it light for fuck's sake, for fuck's sake keep it light Keep it light, just keep talking about the weather Don't look directly at the objects weighing on your mind Identify the myriad peripheral minutiae And save this sombre revelation for another place and time. Keep it bright, cos I need some comic relief No need to state the fact that things are really fucked So keep your stinking bandages wound up nice and tight now Everyone can see but they're just trying not to look Keep It Light, Keep it light Keep it light for fuck's sake, for fuck's sake keep it light Keep it light, keep that unthinking tongue moving You and I both know there's nothing much to say Keep doubling those negatives, don't stop your glottle. Create meaning in keeping silences at bay Don't invite comparisons between each petty grievance. Sanctify the failsafe that disconnects them all. Tell yourself there's more to this than sum of it's parts. Keep on counting up the bricks but disregard the wall. Keep It Light, Keep it light Keep it light for fuck's sake, for fuck's sake keep it light Don't excite yourself by looking straight at your problems Just relax, pretend that tomorrow is a different day Take enough pills to put it off a few more hours; but not enough to permanently make it go away Keep it in, don't think your insights make you special The self-aware will all still share the empty-headed's fate Vibrate the air with sickly cares if you want to. none of your pretty, shitty words will hold any weight. If You're lonely? Well We're all lonely. and if you're You're tired Well so am I. You wish you had more time to waste In ways more fitting to your taste You wish you didn't mind it. Living life as you find it. Don't think your the only one who sees the yawning void Beneath this hideousness and decay and whilst you cook up artful ways to try and make us see it All we're tryna do is look away All we want to do is look away
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