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I'm not a mathematician But I know how to divide And subtract I saw you subtract your heart From this chamber Leaving apathy To count in its absence Not to say I wasn't to blame But the numbers don't add up And the scars don't match the wounds Now I'm left being A fraction of the sum The value that came Undone. A common denominator - Excuse the bad pun - Wasn't fear of loneliness Supposing we only made love To warm ourselves Is a distortion of the truth In spite of what we said If those words had no substance Then I might as well have Fallen into a different Destruction I'm not sorry And I would want you to know That not everything is squared By you feeling brand-new - Thinking I was old news - I don't need to tell you A fraction of the sum Still has a beating heart It's just not the same As it once was.
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Jul 16, 2018
Jul 16, 2018 at 10:18 AM UTC
Fraction of the Sum
I'm not a mathematician But I know how to divide And subtract I saw you subtract your heart From this chamber Leaving apathy To count in its absence Not to say I wasn't to blame But the numbers don't add up And the scars don't match the wounds Now I'm left being A fraction of the sum The value that came Undone. A common denominator - Excuse the bad pun - Wasn't fear of loneliness Supposing we only made love To warm ourselves Is a distortion of the truth In spite of what we said If those words had no substance Then I might as well have Fallen into a different Destruction I'm not sorry And I would want you to know That not everything is squared By you feeling brand-new - Thinking I was old news - I don't need to tell you A fraction of the sum Still has a beating heart It's just not the same As it once was.
pretensions will lure you into a false sense of peace. if you let them.
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Jul 16, 2018
Jul 16, 2018 at 10:18 AM UTC
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