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Like a Real Bird
02:32
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Feel like a real bird again
I got caught talking, got caught in a net
Now I'm back where the wind rips away
All the dumb words that they taught you to say
And your thoughts turn to the nectar of the day
Still, there is the warmth of the brick
The warmth of their uncovered skin
It salves the spots where the loneliness sticks
It works and it works its way in
But now I'm unbanded, unbound
I'll reappear if I want to be found
You won't see me till I blink
The invasive species is not what they think
Clutching field guides, they turn wide eyes the wrong way
Still, there is the warmth of the brick
The warmth of their uncovered skin
It salves the spots where the loneliness sticks
It works and it works its way in
My shameful secret is that I meant every word I said
When you woke me in the morning, when I sent you off to bed
Singing "You be good, see you tomorrow, I love you"
Hard beak, quick heart, soft head
Followed the switchbacks for fun
Squandered my strength till the day was undone
And I froze when the streetlights went on
Down in the valley, that sodium song
Singing "You be good, see you tomorrow, I love you
You be good, see you tomorrow, I love you
You be good, see you tomorrow
You be good, see you tomorrow
You be good, see you tomorrow, I love you"
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House Centipedes
02:25
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I don't live quite alone
Come eveningtime
There's noises from below
And shadows here inside
That turn into house centipedes
Legs eyelash-fine
Their movements much more purposeful
Than yours or mine
And I read if you don't deserve it
They won't bite you
But what if I do?
Fun fact!
They do not really have one hundred feet
Fun fact!
They have enough to reach appalling speed
But I know that I could outrun them
And so could you
Turn toward the east and I'll
Meet you in a thousand miles
Say, what if we do?
House centipedes have eyes
That sense the light
Although they come from caves
They're natives of the night
They're just a bit too good for their
Station in life
Scaring clumsy ghosts
Who lurch away in fright
And I know that you don't deserve this
Great gray distance without purpose
I know that you don't deserve this
I wish I knew
What I should do
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