did they scrape you off the bottom
did they put you in a box
did they tell you what was ugly
I hope they told you that you're not, trust me
or did they say that you shouldn't
did they say that it might hurt
I'd never say that it wouldn't
but only fire ain't afraid of getting burnt
and did they tell you moments later when you're charred remains and dirt
life grows like a weed if you're lucky every new seed takes some work
it seems with sex the best you can expects a birth
but it will never be your own, you get a single chance at earth

burning fuel you never earned
time can't heal the homes you've burned
there is no wind which does not turn
apologies are lessons learned
can't look fire in it's eyes
less it's burning you alive
death is never comprehended
what is life once it has ended
I'll recall the memories
the passive latent energies
of every story yet untold
but every episodes a hope
that we'll go on forever
or at least our friends remember
selfless acts and useless facts
inhabit presence, think, react

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well I will sink like a stone that's got a little spin
make another home and learn to begin
just need a little flick so could you be that friend
you're gonna make me blush - I'm gonna let you in

and you should be afraid 'cause I don't understand
all of the things you say or how to be a man
but that's if you expect a word to mean I am
you as the other sex, but I'll be what I can

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they took us into separate rooms to teach us secret body rules
don’t know yourself, go to school, as if we have an answer to
this question, not just learning tools the boss says we might have to use
we’re teaching kids their bodies too, you’ve got your own it’s up to you
see, what you got to ask yourself is nothin’ you’d ask someone else
who’s phrasing questions, how’s their health, who needs answers, who needs help?
one of thems a child who was loved but never knew their wealth
another ones right now, at heavens gates with dreams of hell

am I the one who's smiling
as if it mattered, true
I lost the patterns of my being
for two years I wandered you
and we've been learning to beguile
what was child, what was blue
and black and bloody inside too
nobody style, nameless cool

how many stories can this old sun take
far too many grim and gory that I know she'd hate
life is just not a game, the ship is sinking, that's ok
and if you're stumbling over moms and kids I think you're making a mistake
leak into a universe, a lethal patriarchal curse
the show is on, it's been rehearsed, it's accidental, we're absurd
look into the mirror, what you see is not your self
whatever's good, that's what I call mental health

there is no path or purpose
getting through the flesh don't hurt this bad
but then who's fighting who?
who's winning? can't be both of you
I'm grinning when I see your name
I don't know why, I'm just my brain
feelings never work the same
we're time itself, let's take the blame

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(don't run away)

I'll tell you what - I think there's reasons you should really want to die
and here's the 'but' - they never told you one good reason you should try
you've got a heart and while it's beating you've been caught up asking why
yeah that's a question from the heavens, guess you heard about the sky
it's just a word, for upwards in the daytime
nothing special 'bout the birds 'cept sky for us is something they climb
dream of cages, what's a brain? so you want to runaway, fine
there's a place for you in hell, it's about 20 years from now then it's today

soon enough these rocks will shift and no one will know ever if
we laughed or if we cried, or if we told our friends before we died
'all there is and ever was will always always turn to dust
but don't get sad and don't get mad 'cause all I've ever been is glad
to live with and among you guys, to speak the truth and tell you lies
the privilege was to be 'cause when you are: you live, you love, you see'
or you could hope they knew it too, these silent secrets help us few
to feel we made it through, and if you want to, I would want you

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how tightly can I hold your torso
before I start to scare you
which lifetime did you ask me to forget
'cause the last time that you said 'let go'
was before you said you want me to
so darlin' let's hear those words again

and could you feel it like the last time
could you feel it like I felt it when I was in line
could you feel it like I feel it when you never try
neither didn't care you know that we were fine
and when you say I didn't I say didn't I