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Desires Pt. I
03:33
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Some things we just can't change
Ironic are
The intentions of my
Actions beside the results
Of their outcomes
And here they lay undesired
No tears to save, yet
What you admired required of you to do
Your deepest desires transpired a new untruth
The cute forearm tattoo
It unique to you
But in this day and age
Those without are between far and few
And here it says the qualifier
To wait in vain
What you admired required of you to do
Your deepest desires transpired a new untruth
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2. |
Desires Pt. II
03:57
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Seeing you from afar
Looking into the eyes of another
Not mine
Smiling
And writhing
Amused by your new lover
Their words
Bringing you joy
And with it my breath
Taken
Away again
And then you went and you put it all on my shoulders
Like it was something that I had done
Like I had done something wrong
Seeing you from afar
Looking into the eyes of another
Not mine
Smiling
And writhing
Amused by your new lover
My gaze averted
Yet attention at you
Replaying the bonds i have broken
Again and again
Somehow you thought things would be fine
Like I'd never find out and we'd just go on
And keep living our lives the same way
Yeah, right
Seeing you from afar
Looking into the eyes of another
Not mine
Smiling
And writhing
Amused by your new lover
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3. |
Better Than Me
03:12
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I tread this pool of doubt
Wading my body
Through silt and debris
Left from my years of neglect
These pieces become
Bloated with weight
An accumulation of
Fears and memories
Never fading with the temporary
You think you're better than me
Yeah you're better than me
Well we're gonna wait and see
Yeah of course you're better than me
You're better than me
You're better than me
Clinging is this residue
Built from denial
And with it lies my need for relief
The breath that I take as I've fallen beneath
The surface is calm from above
As you look upon the black water
My body near lifeless and fighting for air
Upon me you're staring
With your diamond eyes
Content, never knowing the love lost
You think you're better than me
Yeah you're better than me
Well we're gonna wait and see
Oh you're better than me
You're better than me
You're better than me
Oh you're better than me
Yea we're gonna wait and see
Oh you're so much fucking better than me
Yes you are
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4. |
Masse Noir
05:54
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Like a tar
Like a black mass
I've become fixed to you
And no matter
What you do
How you struggle
Or how you move
You cannot shake me from your weakening body
I hold you down and bring you pain
And as you fight I'm fixed the same
Slowly consuming your unwilling remains
Like a tar
Like a Black Mass
I've come so far
Your neck I've gone past
As you submerge
Without control
Becoming the tar
Becoming the whole
Suppose I were you
As if it the same
Caught in the mass
That bears your name
I cannot shake you from my weakening body
You hold me down and bring me pain
And as i fight you're fixed the same
Slowly consuming my unwilling remains
Like a tar
Like a Black Mass
You've come so far
My neck you've gone past
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John St. Just Portland, Oregon
John St. Just is a musician & producer from Portland, OR
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