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The Eventual
02:05
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The days
Weeks
Months
And years
All contributed
To the eventual man
I now am.
No longer a boy,
I said goodbye to my youth.
But farewell
Doesn’t mean so much
When it also means hello
To more of the same sorrows.
I’m not chasing death,
Just auditioning for it.
Just auditioning.
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Warehoused
02:51
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The warehouse.
I’m tired and cold.
I’m paid for my troubles
But not enough.
I’d like to say that the pain is righteous.
I’d like to say that the pain was righteous.
I can’t feel my hands any more.
I walk
To and from my sorrows,
Only slightly enriched.
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Unwanted Memory
02:58
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Flashback.
Standing by a pond in winter 1987,
The land around me is scarred.
The music I’m listening to is terrible
Broken branches and felled trees
Litter my view.
The land around me is scarred.
It’s the first oblivion I ever knew.
The first
I know;
It’s the first oblivion I ever knew.
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4. |
Group Think
02:19
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Your thoughts are not our own,
So the silence grows.
Stop moving.
Stop.
I’m in your place now.
Stop.
I’m in your place now.
I’m in your place.
And where would I be then?
Who would I tell?
And then where would I be?
And then where would we be?
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The Teller
02:37
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Money and reputation,
Shame and assignation:
I am the Teller.
I know the stories,
Though I’ll never finish a sentence.
I wrote stories.
Some of them you’ve seen;
Some of them you’ve heard;
Some you know by heart.
Some you know by heart.
They’re the exception.
If you’re going there,
If you go there,
Where your memories lived,
Where your memories live,
You’ll find nothing but lies.
You’ll find nothing.
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6. |
I Should Be
02:44
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Standing in the middle of an empty road
In the dead of night,
I sway with the howls around me.
Waiting for lights to break the darkness
And to decide whether or not I see tomorrow.
I should be working,
But I can’t stand the heat.
I should be working.
Instead, my hopes retreat.
I should be working.
I should be working now
Except that life is not that neat.
I should be working now
And that’s the thought that repeats.
I should be working now,
But wanting isn’t enough.
I should be working now,
Yet circumstances have me cuffed.
I should be working now
But I don’t have such luck.
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7. |
Partial Recall
01:59
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Barbed wire for memory
And rusty pliers for the future
To cut loose.
There’s no way to cut yourself free
Or that’s what I thought she said.
There’s no way to cut loose
And that’s my mistake.
That’s what friendship is for.
Or that’s what I thought she said
And that’s my mistake.
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8. |
Your Next Time
03:45
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The next time you feel love,
Remember this moment.
Remember the cold you couldn’t shift,
Even as the brightest lights
Illuminate her turning back
That one last time.
The next time you feel love -
That one last time -
Remember this moment.
The steps that followed are distant
But they’re still heard;
Around each corner,
Their echoes resound.
The next time you feel love -
That one last time -
Remember this moment.
Remember this moment
Even as the brightest lights
Illuminate her turning back.
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London Tales
02:20
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Tales are waiting in London,
In amongst the streets
And bustling byways,
They await you,
Just as they would anywhere else.
So what’s the difference?
These are stories you can read like bad fiction,
Moments you pay for
To remove all doors and barriers.
The guest list is closed.
Those urban forest views are replaced
With concrete
And a crime scene.
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10. |
NoCall
01:50
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Don’t bother calling me out
If you’re distant enough to need to;
I won’t know your voice
In a crowded space
And there’s no chance
I’ll see your face.
If I don’t stop walking
As your shouts continue,
Any time we’ve shared
Has been forgotten
And those days are past.
Move on like me
And look to the future again.
Whoever you’ve become,
I have definite knowledge:
Someone else
Has won my life.
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