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Circled by Wolves
04:57
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In a classic move of the heart,
scream and then fall apart.
In a novelty of the brain,
drink it into marmalade.
We're being circled by wolves in the night
or dollar bills or headlights.
Well, I'd run if you can.
God, I try.
Just don't let it blind your eyes.
All the twisted games that we play,
just trying to live another day.
Were distilled in your red beating heart
that I had just ripped apart.
But I won't let you die.
I'll hook you up into every machine I find.
This little rabbit of mine.
The wisdom you gave me I still carry
as a sacred boon.
Every theoretical dialectic has no choice
but to swoon.
It was hard to be ready for your babies
on the concrete moving,
but a mother's blood spilled for nothing
has a way of soothing.
Come back for me.
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Staring Into Mirrors
05:33
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I've been staring into mirrors in the dark.
Are you there,
or has the television taken you too?
Because no one warned you.
And no one warned me.
Come with me my sister.
I'll go with you.
An agreement - a way, away.
Because no one warned you.
And no one warned me.
That if we sleep too close to the language we speak,
We may never wake up.
Digitized, drugged, and fucked.
Carving out our own gestalt.
Shadows that were not now are.
I've been starting into mirrors in the dark.
Because no one warned you.
And no one warned me.
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Diagrams of Holes
04:28
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The Devil
03:19
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Did you think that you could feel it
with that drain so near your brain?
Pull the plug and coat the ceiling
with the joy of missing names.
The Devil lead you to the pulpit.
You didn't ask from whence he came.
But you're the one.
Now I've burned down the pulpit
and the place from whence he came,
but my candle spills light on the ceiling,
and the shadow is the Devil's name.
But you're the one.
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Parts of You
03:43
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You're always looking straight out
into the mass.
A good philanthropist becoming crass.
If you could fix it, you would.
But I'd miss you.
You've always done what you could,
and I'd miss that, too.
So pour a glass of wine
for the things we've left behind.
They've always been parts of you.
You're always looking straight up
at that damn cross.
With never giving a thought
to what you've lost.
When you inherit the crown
as though you must,
finish the story just so,
it's "heaven or bust,"
so pour a glass of wine
for the things we've left behind.
They've always been parts of you.
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Marlena Portland, Oregon
Melancholic rock/metal from Portland, OR, 2009-2020.
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