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Wet grass broke my heart Plastic tarps taught me how to hate myself Metal cans frizzed my hair and sliced my throat Fireworks burned my thumbs and left the kitchen lights on We're all pushing twenty and things are going stale Chlorine burns my brain even if I hold my nose I slept inside with the mountain boy and my best friend While they were naked in the dirt I didn't want to leave The Survivors, but she saw my seams begin to fray, stitched me up, and put me to bed The broken hearted girls stayed apart that night I couldn't hear your American Screams and I'm sorry I had a mental breakdown in a grocery store yesterday Linoleum floors caked with dirt and a mother scolding her child
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Jul 8, 2015
Jul 8, 2015 at 1:23 PM UTC
American Screams
Wet grass broke my heart Plastic tarps taught me how to hate myself Metal cans frizzed my hair and sliced my throat Fireworks burned my thumbs and left the kitchen lights on We're all pushing twenty and things are going stale Chlorine burns my brain even if I hold my nose I slept inside with the mountain boy and my best friend While they were naked in the dirt I didn't want to leave The Survivors, but she saw my seams begin to fray, stitched me up, and put me to bed The broken hearted girls stayed apart that night I couldn't hear your American Screams and I'm sorry I had a mental breakdown in a grocery store yesterday Linoleum floors caked with dirt and a mother scolding her child
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Jul 8, 2015
Jul 8, 2015 at 1:23 PM UTC
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