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Dear/Mr.
03:25
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So I wrote you
Like you asked me
Electronic mail
Didn’t have to
Never asked you
But you wrote it down
Wonder if it meant some
meant some
meant some
some thing
Was a painter
Switching majors
What am I now?
Didn’t mean to
Disappoint you
or let you down, down, down
down
Is it inappropriate for me to miss you?
Is it inappropriate for me to miss you?
Not a friend and
Not a father
What are you now?
You don’t owe me
not a damn thing
But could you respond?
Is it inappropriate for me to miss you?
Is it inappropriate for me to miss you?
How’s the weather
in the city?
I’m coming down
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2. |
Touch & Go
02:45
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Waking on a summer morning
My room is cold
In the night air I’d frozen
Into stone
And I am heading out
Ready my soul
Armor my bones for another day
And I am missing out
on something that can’t be replaced
Why so cold?
I’m growing old
There’s a well in my body
that just won’t run dry
I am always hungry
For a contact high
And I am reaching out
Cause god how it blows
to go it alone all the time
And I am grateful now
For the deftness of warm, calloused hands
oh
Why so cold?
I’m growing old
Try to remember
How it felt to be with them
How it hurt, how it hurt
Past is always brighter
and the present is slighted
It hurt, it hurt, it hurt, but it’s so much easier
to forget
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3. |
Skeleton Baby
03:05
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So you felt sentimental
And you gave me a kiss
But no more, it’s the wrong time
And the wrong place
Am I the skeleton in your closet?
I cannot keep away
Safe underneath
The haze of your dreams
Tell me what you need
My bones are for free
So I felt kinda human
When you gave me your reasons
It’s not much to hold onto
When my fingers are so numb
Am I the skeleton in your closet?
Don’t you lose your way
Safe underneath
The haze of your dreams
Tell me what you need
My bones are for free
Push it away and keep me inside
But look at me now and you’ve nowhere to hide
Out of the woodworks, out of your walls
I’m not unfamiliar here at all
Am I the skeleton in your closet?
Don’t you lose your way
Safe underneath
The haze of your dreams
Tell me what you need
My bones are for free
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4. |
Back in Bed
02:41
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5. |
Bricks
02:55
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Dirtied my black jeans again
Under the screaming tree
My eyes all full of branches and starlight
My head thrown back in ecstasy
And you, you dirtied my jacket
And brought me to my knees
In the night we clung to each other
For warmth and for company
We stayed awake till 8 AM
Breathing the night air again
Amazed we didn’t move our hands
I’m feeling almost like a friend
But you only wanted my body
When you need to be heard
If you only wanted my body
Why’d you let me talk for so long?
How many bricks must I lay down
Before a wall will form around
And I will find myself like you
Surrounded by my own hard truths
A fortress built of trauma
Are we now the same?
I don’t know how I got here
Don’t think you’re not to blame
You only wanted my body
When I needed to be heard
If you only wanted my body
Why’d you let me talk?
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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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