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The Convict's Lullaby
03:14
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You, with your curly hair,
And a devil-may-care smile
You, with your round blue eyes,
Please come tell me some lies for a while.
If you could return,
We could live and learn
Together.
But you, with your little nose
And your small tanned toes
Aren't here.
They say you're watching from the heavens,
But I know I sent you there.
They say you're begging God to listen
But it's too late, I swear.
(Chorus)
Darling, don't feel the need to pray.
I just tried to swallow time
Before it ate me away.
Oh, dear, I'll just wait here, wait here,
For the man to seat me in the chair
If there was some way
I could say I love you
If I could find a way
To prove to you I care
When we meet again,
You'll see it's a choice I bore
To the very end.
But I know, when my hand appears
From the soft, sweet earth,
You'll take it.
I doubt I'd make good fertilizer
So please haul me away
Every night I see your face
And I always say
(Chorus)
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Broken Marionette
04:10
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Oh, isn’t it a funny tale
Of a girl who grew up terrified of being weak?
Mmm, isn’t it curious
That though she tried so hard she could hardly speak?
(Chorus)
And all the while he said she wanted it
Clothed her in that nicotine perfume
And all that time she knew she couldn’t
Run away too soon
‘Cause he said that he could fix her
He said that he could fix her
He said that he could fix her in time
Oh, why does she stay like that?
Wait for him to constantly regret?
Mmm, can’t she be stronger than that?
Instead of being a broken marionette?
(Chorus)
But sometimes, sometimes she’d wonder
And sometimes, sometimes she’d cry
And thought about how her past self
Would rather go and die
Than remain here nursing her scars
Like a child
Oh, what if there’s no other way
Than waiting here and whispering a prayer?
Mmm, what if there’s nothing to say
Because she’s broken far beyond repair?
(Chorus)
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4. |
Know Your Name
04:03
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I don’t know how I found myself in this place
And I don’t know where I will go from here
It’s a little strange, I don’t recall your face
Although I feel like I need it near
But why do I find myself in rooms like these
Oh drinking everything they hand to me
And I say I will try but it all ends the same
Here we are, I don’t even know your name
How about we try to do this properly
I’m a girl who can’t find room to breathe
And you’re a boy who hates the town that he is from
I hope you know that I’m already numb
So lie with me in hopes that we will be complete
Oh wishing we’d be more than we can be
And every grain of sand that falls, it brings me shame
Who am I, I don’t even know your name
OooooooooooOOOOOOoooooooh
Let me guess, you have younger siblings
And you were raised in a nest of love
But still you’ve felt you were always middling
Stay right here; we might be enough
Now you should know it’s fine if you can’t hear the breeze
It’s in my ear, whispering I should leave
And though I don’t remember why on earth I came
I should stay, I don’t even know your name
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YA
03:18
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I swore you off two weeks ago and now I’m lying here
Your arm across my waist and your breath against my ear
I’m frozen on my back while you’re tangled in my hair
Is this all make believe, please pull me near
I know it’s weird, but your voice is the one I want to hear
Although I know we probably won’t even last a year
It’s crazy that a part of me doesn’t even care
I don’t want to leave, so pull me near
So please don’t make us wake up just yet
I don’t mind staying here a while
And though we know that this ain’t love, just let
Me lie with you; it’ll be worth your while
I’ve found it’s pretty scary in a room without you, dear
It’s easy to forget to breathe when choking on my fear
But when you squeeze my hand, it’s like we fit just right, I swear
I beg please don’t let go and pull me near
So I’ll find reasons to see you more
And you’ll do everything you can
But what will be in time, we can’t be sure
Of much at all; it was unplanned
I’m sure there are a lot of ways the ending could appear
We fight, I leave, you find that I’ve become too insincere
But while I know it’s true, I still get lost in your stare
And don’t want to be found, just pull me near
So we’ll hold onto this till fingers crack
And wish with might upon the stars
I’ll trace my name again into your back
As we grasp tight to what is ours
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Sharlemaine Boston, Massachusetts
Sharlemaine is just a kid who desperately fears that she's wasting her time, so she dabbles in as many things as possible. So far, it hasn't seemed to help.
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