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All I Want Is One Perfect Sleep

by Jonathan Snee

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I Am Not 04:13
I DON'T WANT TO BE ALONE SO I'M OUT AT NIGHT CHASING CARS LIKE A DOG WITHOUT A BONE I AM HUNGRY AND EXHAUSTED SO I NEED A PLACE TO SLEEP BUT THERE'S NO ROOM AT ANY OF THESE INNS SO I LAY DOWN IN THE STREET AND TURN INTO CONCRETE AND LET YOU WALK ALL OVER ME AND I AM NOT WHAT YOU WANT AND I KNOW IT'S HARD TO SAY BUT IT'S THE TRUTH BUT DON'T EXPECT MY SYMPATHY BECAUSE IT'S TWICE AS HARD TO HEAR I'VE BEEN NIPPING AT YOUR HEELS BUT YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN TOO FAST FOR ME AND I HAVE WASTED FIVE LONG YEARS IN PURSUIT OF A HAPPINESS THAT DON'T SUIT OUR NEEDS AND I WISH I WOULD'VE KNOWN RIGHT FROM THE START THAT YOU WOULD JUST UP AND LEAVE BECAUSE I NEVER WOULD HAVE LET IT GET THIS FAR AND I AM NOT WHAT YOU NEED AND I'LL NEVER BE SO WHAT AM I TO DO? CUT THE TIES, AND LET YOU LOOSE BUT I NEVER HELD YOUR REIGNS I NEVER KEPT YOU IN CHAINS YOU WERE ALWAYS FREE TO GO BUT I NEVER THOUGHT YOU WOULD I'VE SEEN HONEST FACES USUALLY ATTACHED TO LIARS I'VE KISSED THE FEET OF THOSE WHO'VE WALKED THROUGH BURNING FIRE I'VE BEEN SHOWN THE PRICE OF LOVE I'VE BEEN SHOWN THE PRICE OF LOVE I'VE BEEN SHOWN THE PRICE OF LOVE BUT COULD NOT PAY THE COST BUT COULD NOT PAY THE COST I'M SORRY FOR EVERYTHING I DID THAT MIGHT HAVE HURT YOU AND I'M SORRY FOR EVERYTHING I SAID THAT MIGHT HAVE DONE THE SAME BUT AN APOLOGY TAKES TWO ONE TO BE WRONG AND ONE TO BE WRONGED AND I DON'T THINK I HURT YOU SO LET'S GO OUR SEPARATE WAYS AND YOU CAN TELL THIS STORY ANY WAY YOU WANT
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NOW THAT I'VE GROWN OLD BEFORE MY TIME I HAVE SOME CONCERNS CAUSE THIS BODY STILL FEELS SO YOUNG BUT MY MIND IS ON THE TURN THEY CALL ME AN OLD SOUL BUT THAT'S LITTLE CONSOLATION WHEN ALL YOU'VE GOT'S A HAMMER EVERYTHING LOOKS LIKE NAILS I'VE BEEN LIKE THIS BEFORE AND BARELY ESCAPED IT LEFT ME WITH THIS FEELING THAT I CAN'T EXPLAIN WHEN ALL YOU'VE GOT'S A SICKNESS YOU'LL TRY ANYTHING TO CURE WHAT AILS NO MATTER WHERE I GO I ALWAYS HAVE TROUBLE FALLING ASLEEP AND NO MATTER WHERE I GO THESE GHOSTS THEY ALWAYS HAUNT ME HAUNT ME I'M JUST A VESSEL TO THEM NO REFLECTIONS OF MYSELF I CANT CHECK TO SEE IF I HAVE TURNED INTO SOMEONE ELSE MY MIRROR ONCE WAS YOU NOW I DON'T KNOW WHO I'VE BECOME OR WHAT I MIGHT DO NO MATTER WHERE I GO I ALWAYS HAVE TROUBLE FALLING ASLEEP AND NO MATTER WHERE I GO THESE GHOSTS THEY ALWAYS HAUNT ME HAUNT ME I'M JUST A VESSEL TO THEM CLIMB IN AND WEAR THIS OLD SKIN NO MATTER WHERE I GO I ALWAYS HAVE TROUBLE FALLING ASLEEP AND NO MATTER WHERE I GO THESE GHOSTS THEY ALWAYS HAUNT ME HAUNT ME THEY LOOK JUST LIKE MY OLD FRIENDS
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Hypnic 00:47
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Fossil 05:09
I WANT TO DEVOLVE AND SHED MY HUMAN SKIN I HATE BEING CAPABLE OF THOUGHTS WHEN THE DARK ONES ALWAYS WIN I WANT TO BE A FOSSIL I WANT TO BE SET IN STONE I WANT TO BE STUDIED I WANT TO BE KNOWN THIS IS NOT A PHASE THIS IS A CONDITION I MIGHT LOOK LIKE I AM FINE BUT I'M A WALKING CONTRADICTION I'VE BEEN BETTER AND I'VE BEEN WORSE BUT IF YOU TRY AND PAINT IT AS A BLESSING YOU MIGHT AS WELL INVOKE THE CURSE WAS IT IN MY HEAD OR WAS IT IN MY BLOOD? DID I HATE MYSELF TO MUCH OR DID I NOT LOVE MYSELF ENOUGH? AND I DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE SO IF YOU SHOW ME I WOULD TRY AGAIN I WANT TO EVOLVE INTO A BLINDING BALL OF LIGHT BIGGER THAN THE SUN I WOULD DESTROY THE NIGHT BUT THERE'S ONLY DARKNESS IN THIS FRAGILE CAGE OF MINE BUT IF I COULD SHINE, HOW I WOULD SHINE THIS IS NOT A PHASE IT'S SOMETHING I HAVE LEARNED TO LIVE WITH YOU MIGHT NOT SEE SYMPTOMS BUT THERE'S STILL A FUCKING ILLNESS WHEN I DIE, WHAT'LL IT SAY ON MY DEATH CERTIFICATE NATURAL CAUSES, OR A CHEMICAL IMBALANCE AND IF I DIE BEFORE I WAKE PRAY THE LORD MY SOUL TO GIVE AWAY TO ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE IN NEED AND IF I DIE BEFORE MY TIME I HAVE AN ARRANGEMENT WITH HIM, YES I'LL BE FINE HE'S GOT A SEAT AT HIS RIGHT HANDING WAITING FOR ME
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Secret Iris 04:29
IT SHOULD BE A SIN TO LIVE AS I HAVE DONE AND THE PERSON THAT I SEE BEFORE ME IS NOT ONE I'VE KNOWN (WHAT HAVE I BECOME?) IT'S ALL PART OF MY PUNISHMENT (A STRANGER TO MYSELF) IT'S ALL PART OF HIS VENGEANCE I WILL REST MY BONES A WHILE AND THEN I WILL BE ON MY WAY IF THEY DON'T CRUMBLE LONG BEFORE THEN AND LEAVE ME LAME WHEN I AWOKE FROM THAT NIGHTMARE MY FAMILY GATHERED ROUND TO ASK WHAT I'D SEEN (NONE OF THIS IS REAL) THE ERROR OF MY WAYS THE DARKEST PARTS OF ME THAT I HID DEEP IN SHALLOW GRAVES (IT'S ALL IN MY HEAD) ONLY TO BE FOUND I DUG A HOLE FOR MY BODY WHEN I GROW OLD I'LL FIT JUST RIGHT I DUG A HOLE TO HIDE MY SHAME AT THE TRUTH THAT I KNOW ABOUT MYSELF I DUG A HOLE TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH AND I WENT SLOW UNTIL I FELT THE FLAME LICK MY FACE SO I LICKED IT BACK CAUSE I WANTED TO TASTE WHERE I'D SPEND THE REST OF MY DAYS

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released April 12, 2013

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