1. |
gender roles
04:40
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i am my mother's daughter
i am my father's son
no i don't have a lover
& i don't need one
there's really not much to being alone
you can always do what you please
& go where you must
wherever that damn well may be
live for yourself
go your own way
tear down the temple
and the home that you were raised in
i had a great grandma annie
mostly knew her when she was older
spent one afternoon piecing together
one giant puzzle onto a board
and every time
i think of her
all i see are hummingbirds
i am my mother's daughter
feels like i'm falling apart
don't look that much like my father but
i still got his stubborn head & heart
and i'm no intellectual
but one time i read
a bit of my old man's thesis and
it wasn't like any words he ever said
to me
gender roles of the old southwest
and i wonder what it'd be like
if you still
talked to
me
like
that
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2. |
options
03:49
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i'm reaching for you (so close)
i can feel everything you feel
i think
let's take time
it's true
i like to get familiar a little too soon
is this a cliche
maybe so
maybe that's okay
if you'll just fuckin kiss me
is it too late
i'll shut my mouth i'm ramblin
guess it's okay
what's new baby
what's new
what's new
sleeping in the day time
in the nighttime too
gotta slow down some
i'm fast and i'm loose
fast n loose
wading through deep fog, hazy
like waving at someone i don't know
who's waving at me too
it's too late
it's too late
it's too late to be
talkin
it's to late to be talkin
and i really shouldnt be
talkin
to
you
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3. |
raven
02:56
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november was cold that year
rememberin the fear
that gripped me as i fell
down into the deep end
water held me pushin, pullin
til one holy diver
came to save me
in my third year of livin
thought i'd just walk out there surely
i'm light as any of those ravens
but soon i'd be shaking
out in the icy air, shaken
out on my lonesome
now much older
couldn't help but feel there's somethin evil
just beyond the shallows
not one of many words, he taught me
to always leave things in this world
better than i'd found em
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4. |
splinter
03:06
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you stuck to me like a splinter
right beneath my skin
couldn't tell if i was bleedin
what would happen then?
one word away from being nasty
instead you just told the truth
didn't have to give me kindess
you let me see you
you let me see you
you stuck to me like a splinter
i don't want you to be removed
i don't care what you're doin
i wanna see you
i thought you let me see you
no one tells me the truth
no one but you
you fuckin pricked my finger
you're a fucking prick, fuck you
took advantage of all my kindess
now what will i do
i'd cleared out a space for you
so
fuck you
~
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ollie Texas
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