Take the **** just stepping inside
Rejected and invited
A stratified disguise
Then a tentative trial
A round for a smile
At the bar where we iron old lies
Appraise the net cost
Are both of us Lost
Or will we be pirates tonight?
Break my nails just prying you out
Here for a jest and a joust
Drunk off of comfort and wine
Lean on what's real
Like a shaky third wheel
Struggling to stay in the lines
Do we settle our debts
Or dare raise our bets?
Does our broken poetry rhyme?
Dec 7, 2018
Dec 7, 2018 at 9:56 PM UTC
Take the **** just stepping inside
Rejected and invited
A stratified disguise
Then a tentative trial
A round for a smile
At the bar where we iron old lies
Appraise the net cost
Are both of us Lost
Or will we be pirates tonight?
Break my nails just prying you out
Here for a jest and a joust
Drunk off of comfort and wine
Lean on what's real
Like a shaky third wheel
Struggling to stay in the lines
Do we settle our debts
Or dare raise our bets?
Does our broken poetry rhyme?
Inspired by the entire album Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens
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