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This one is for the ugly girl Who wears her awkwardness like a kick me sign Who stares at you with squinted eyes Mouth agape Thinkin’ I really wish I understood this mess She is not an ugly duckling Passing time till that one moment where She just shines No It was just me that day watchin you in the audience The way you play Like your fingers were hammers It sounded like a warning And suddenly we all knew there was a fire going Vagrant and unnoticed in some corner of the world But you managed to hear its sound And pounded it out for as long as it lasted So I went straight home after That fire burning in the hollow of my chest I wrote this This is for you The girl who does more than just wear her heart on her sleeve She wears it like a compound fracture Sticking out of the front of her chest Red like an apple placed on the head of a small child And there’s always someone with a bow and arrow Bulls eye is always heartbreak Near hits a dime a dozen People say she’s ugly but her heart is huge Not because she’s nice But because its swollen
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Jan 15, 2011
Jan 15, 2011 at 10:53 PM UTC
Compound Fracture
This one is for the ugly girl Who wears her awkwardness like a kick me sign Who stares at you with squinted eyes Mouth agape Thinkin’ I really wish I understood this mess She is not an ugly duckling Passing time till that one moment where She just shines No It was just me that day watchin you in the audience The way you play Like your fingers were hammers It sounded like a warning And suddenly we all knew there was a fire going Vagrant and unnoticed in some corner of the world But you managed to hear its sound And pounded it out for as long as it lasted So I went straight home after That fire burning in the hollow of my chest I wrote this This is for you The girl who does more than just wear her heart on her sleeve She wears it like a compound fracture Sticking out of the front of her chest Red like an apple placed on the head of a small child And there’s always someone with a bow and arrow Bulls eye is always heartbreak Near hits a dime a dozen People say she’s ugly but her heart is huge Not because she’s nice But because its swollen
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Jan 15, 2011
Jan 15, 2011 at 10:53 PM UTC
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