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when you're not astride me with your knuckles near my scalp,
tufts of hair within your grips and speechless
i ask myself, "why am i growing old within my head?"
"why are days so gray when the fog rids itself from the windows?"
unanswered questions are my chemical make-up
all these softspoken mysteries will haunt me 'til the day i fucking
die and drop dead in the street from a heart attack
asking god, "why should i even believe in you?"
so long as the word "away" is more likely a suffix than "across town"
i shall remain constantly worried sick about you moving, you moving
i didn't think that it was real 'til your mom made a joke about selling the house
but now that i know it's more real that i'd have ever thought, i'm broken
no amount of syllables forming beautiful meter
no amount of expertly crafted syntax could ever truly demonstrate
the way that you coax me into a state of
absolute euphoric bliss

and i will miss the way the fluorescent lights shine off your glasses
and make my eyes shine twice as bright for you
i will miss the way your hands would shake when they meet mine
and how your face would glow when we locked eyes
and i will miss the way the fluorescent lights shine off your glasses
it truly always made you my lighthouse
i'll miss little seattle and i'll miss the constants
and every single little word that you spoke to me
a million stupid love songs aren't gonna keep you here
but there's a million things i'd do if i would only get to hear
the angelic tone of voice you bring within the melodies you sing
in person a couple more times before you disappear
a million stupid love songs aren't gonna keep you here
but there's a million things i'd do if i would only get to hear
the angelic tone of voice you bring within the melodies you sing
but fuck it, i guess i can't help it

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from rings are cages for the modern day person; everyone leaves eventually or "wherever you go, don't lose my heart there", released May 11, 2015

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