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The Desert and Your Demons

from Forest Fires by nessa

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On a plastic picnic table
At a hotel in El Paso
With the border at your shoulder
You were looking at the pool
I swear I watched you crumble
And god was unresponsive
“Is this all I can do with my hands?”

You said, I don’t know if I can soldier on
How’d we make it this far
On only gasoline and borrowed time?
Hang on to your slingshot and your song
There was never a Goliath
Just the desert and your demons
And the night is long, so long

I said, “mom, it’s getting harder
Than the stories even warned me
It’s a really pretty country, but it hurts
I’ve been wild, I’ve been monstrous
Drunk in unfamiliar places
Can you stay on the line for a while?”

I will pick it up and soldier on
Love, we made it this far
On only gasoline and borrowed time
Hang on to your slingshot and your song
There was never a Goliath
Just the desert and your demons
And the night is long, so long

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from Forest Fires, released October 28, 2023

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nessa Seattle, Washington

Nessa is the project of Nessa Grasing. Dreamy melodies and angular chords to weep along to.

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