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by Youth Novel

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1.
Boyish 03:48
you made it subtle, with feigned indifference; appearing blank but not quite empty. i raised a glass to our shore town. you called me boyish, and left me to think about it. i'm not your pharmacist, or the man who made you sick. i clasped you in the palm of my hand yet you fell through the cracks in my fingers. unfinished paintings litter her bedroom. under the surface i picture my figure. glossed over collages of sapphire, i lay latent, neither treated nor varnished. abandoned brushes, with bristles all matted, are left to dry on the floor of your attic. convinced there was so much else to tend to, i dried halfway to life on her dresser. so i crawled into your head and i robbed you of your sleep, while you resurrected me just for closure and relief. my nerves paused to take a breath, as if asking for a truce, while you resisted love to fuel trustafarian pursuits. that same night i dreamt of you, the earth shook me to my core. gold thread wrapped around my neck as i collapsed onto the floor. on a highway far away, i indulge my former self, tracing back my every step to remember what i lost.
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Stay Here 02:36
In woeful throes of youthful lust I held my breath as you held my hand. heart to heart, flesh to flesh, honesty, emotion long repressed. confidence and poise that I could never imitate, as you led me down the stairs to where my hopes had lied in wait. this is how I choose to remember you; in the light of some hallway I'd never know again. Please stay with me. Even though my words were wasted, they had never been more true. Your gentle wrist, your sacred smile, each longing breath I take for you.
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I 03:06
avoiding glares across the room, writing letters in pages of books. pent up, breathing down the neck of my new best friend. I lost again, like newlyweds, getting high, apologize, measured by my jealousy. unaware of my own biases. Contrary to what you'd normally expect, I will ameliorate the wounds that I have left. we don't know what we're capable of. posturing is the word of the day. personal anguish, trust over time. a path divides in the brush somewhere and a faint voice leads me home.
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II 01:47
brand me (undignified), unhand me (to the pulsing tide). my heartache, and my confidant, I loved, I lived the touch of your skin is leaving me flushed, and I live with the guilt of knowing too much. I'll be just fine (the pulsing tide). brand me undignified, and release me to the pulsing tide. my heartache, and my confidant, I loved, I lived, I loved, I lived
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III 02:36
sometimes your voice tangles my veins. I speak through you, I wake with you I dream through you I drink, I dream. I watch the world seep from your eyes. Through me, with me, and in me. Two different words for the same thing. You're all I think about i can read the pain in your face my chest sinks, as I disappoint you not worth the effort... think of it as a testament to you our art: a testament to you. my penchant, my suffering, katie, you're a present.
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IV 03:15
like the prophet, I stay blind. I stay passive all the time turned around too abrupt, and I startled my Love I only want to follow behind you then I can be all that I want to then I can be all that I have to I only want to mimic all your moves then I can be all that I want to then I can be all that I have to I had never been so cold but there is room to grow across the yard, children play as I dig my grave
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V 02:52
your pride is our nightmare please don't educate me offered my resignation and a sigh of relief (there is nothing I can do) it's my consolation; i reside next to it reprimand me again. it's the privilege you flex. lifestyle, syndicated. calm down and listen cause ostracization is not worth the risk it's my contribution, drop it and leave. when sleepwalking all day, there comes a point to sprint. dreading the next day, I awake. pull up the blinds, cough in my sleeve. in my departure we will all find relief.
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VI 03:07
i make pain. that folly is mine and thus I can no longer dream I see home, each day in that calm face and while I appreciate beauty, I have little to give not for lack of trying. your concerns mean little to me as I have someone depending on me it's easy to get caught up in melodrama when you don't know true pain. that's my reflection, I know who he is. I saw him that night and I'll meet him again there stands a monster: the spawn of neglect the beauty of justice will take care of him... as he stands on his pedestal, unannounced a strike from the steeple, and the noose is prepared
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VII 01:53
I am replacing my arms with branches on which you may build your home please rest on me, lend me your burden. I'll bend to it. What can I do with this disease? How can I protect you when the virus lives in me? Woken to aches, blisters and burns Woken each day to aimless concern.
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VIII 01:35
i know what life's like on the shelf. that was the first time that I felt afraid. now there's no hope left for an innocent man. these dreams are fluid, they are built of sand i know what life's like on the shelf. i have wrecked it. now it's the fault of whom? reaping everything that I sew...
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IX 02:23
there isn't just one way that it scares me. it's regret bred from contempt. there isn't just one way that it scares me. it's depression bred from contempt. my breath halts in chinatown. a satin doll, a ticking clock. i see your hands full; I lay down and do nothing.
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X 05:39
no. it's the concept itself I don't trust. it's the same no matter who's around. no. it's the premise itself I despise. it's the same no matter who's inside. born half formed. can't stop it, not even with pills. it's the premise itself i despise. no, it's the premise itself i don't trust.

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released March 13, 2018

jd - guitar/vox, (drums -> Boyish, Stay Here, V, VI)
mc - guitar/vox
sh - guitar/vox
jr - bass
zg - drums (I-Napoleon Solo)
tg - drums (on VII-X)

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