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the witness
02:28
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for you, it's a blessing and a curse
to see everything happen in reverse
and i wish that i could take that away from you
to leave you with something else to do
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my friend gave out on a monday
on the side of some old back road
breathing out a sigh of relief
as the old thing finally croaked
stared into his eyes and he stared back
he looked at me as if he’d seen it all
what he said next might’ve been quite outrageous
but that’s the one thing i could not recall
my friend was born into cycles of darkness and light
post-modern time in a contemporary life
don’t think he ever knew where he was going
but in the end he did alright
i never knew of his affliction
of all the ways we made him choke
doesn’t really feel like fiction
but i can’t hold a light to it anymore
well my friend said he wanted it all to stop
he said he could make a deal and call it off
he tried to break the mold he came in
but he remained the same
yeah he never really ever changed
when monday came around again
i looked up but didn’t see him there
something about the way he went felt like truth
when null and void was all he knew
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how to live without
02:03
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tonight i will astound
as i fall to the ground
into another world
that will unfurl
before my eyes
when it's time
to start anew
i'm so fucking confused
i stumble down the path
but you don't follow me
hard to believe that you're not angry
will i ever know just what it means
when i can't see 3 feet in front of me
well i haven't figured out
how to live without
i fell through a tunnel
and ended up by your house
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holding my breath
02:26
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i know i can trick myself
into believing in someone else
holding my breath
til the feeling starts again
how can i prove to you
i cut the lock and then slip right through
holding my breath
til i can’t remember how or when
holding my breath
holding my breath
holding my breath
holding my breath
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5. |
cumbies run
01:40
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darker roads
04:24
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people change with the seasons
some for bad, and some for good
i want to believe you
but i don’t think that i should
and i can feel myself start to lose it
watching each knot come apart
you think you can test me or push me around
but i’ve seen you on darker roads now
lately i’ve been doubting the length
these dead ends cannot be sustained
and i tell you, i tried to do good,
i tried to do right by you, i thought i could
you think you can test us or push us around
but we’ve seen you on darker roads now
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7. |
cattle come home
03:04
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neither of us cried at the funeral
we just watched the geese outside
while we shared a cig
and i told you you looked beautiful
in that dress with the boots she used to wear
you left the lit cigarette on a gravestone
wanting just to be alone
so i watched the cattle come home
through the smoke
like i do sometimes, in my mind
when i can't cope
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8. |
magic of adolescence
03:13
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i could never get my shit together
in a meaningful way
that worked for me
shrugging off the mindless formalities
and broken cognition
that leaks from me
and no matter how many times over
this shit will bulldoze into you
you say, "what can you do?"
i once existed in a binary state
with granite walls and an iron door
i got so fucked up back then
now i don't cry i just try to get by without death
i got so fucked up by the things you said
i peel back my skin to see what's underneath
pulling my blade out of its dusty sheath
i'm ready to hurt
ready for it to work
i wanna cut deep this time
but something makes me stop
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9. |
i remember you
03:28
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i remember you
and i know you remember me too
so what can we do
to move through this pain
i remember you
though i may not want to
i could never sleep at night
but now i'll try
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bark dog Boston, Massachusetts
bark dog is the recording project of nonbinary experimental musician/artist blair jasper (they/them)
gdpj87@gmail.com
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