| I’m not who, with my eyes from stage
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| I claim to be
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| I’ve only cradled death in my own ending
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| Flesh from far off and abstracted lit
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| Candle wick flickering
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| And when a thing starts finishing around me
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| I faint or fake a mustache, an accent, or flee
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| In fear my expired license be pulled by sheer proximity
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| Fact: the poseur in the bowler gets shot first
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| Thinks he’s the shit 'cause he can spit and curse
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| Acting brash and flashing a pistol that squirts
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| Scowling, and shouting, «Shall we dance?»
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| Should our hero’s hands be holding this blackest purse?
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| Mom, am I failing, or worse?
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| Mom, am I failing?
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| (Mom, am I failing?)
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| What should these earnest hands be holding?
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| Still sporting my ex-girlfriend's dead ex-boyfriend's boxers
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| I want to operate from a base of hunger
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| No longer be ashamed and hide my
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| Tears in shower water, while I lather for pleasure
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| I want to speak at an intimate decibel
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| With the precision of an infinite decimal
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| To listen up and send back a true echo
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| Of something forever felt but never heard
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| I want that sharpened steel of truth in every word
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| The small fry in the bow-tie dies first
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| Acting wild, like the spirit of god moving after church
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| Faking he’s hard like he’s packed down dirt
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| Already, and yelling, «Be my guest!»
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| Should our hero’s hands be holding this blackest purse?
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| Mom, am I failing or worse?
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| Mom, am I failing?
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| (Mom, am I failing?)
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| What should these earnest hands be holding?
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| Should our hero’s hands be holding this blackest purse?
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| Mom, am I failing or worse?
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| Mom, am I failing?
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| (Mom, am I failing?)
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| What should these earnest hands be holding? |