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a father on fire
the ashes to savor for his
family so tired
the incineration as if he needed it, you see
there was a disease left inside of his soul
a phrase i can’t dispel
a day that i don’t know
a child in a hospital
and another one who should be there but no one can help

and if you like this song
please don’t sing along
don’t add insult to injury
don’t test my indecency
and if my lights gone dead
take my body to bed
don’t believe what i claim to be
don’t doubt my naivety

january’s end
i feel it coming closer again and again
only better when it rains
seems like nothing i do will ever loosen these chains, come on
if i set myself on fire
will you play my songs when i’m dead?
there’s a bad bad witch on the doorstep and a lunatic under the bed

and so it goes
never any closer
i thought this could be it
tried to believe in it

and so it goes
i’m getting older
i’ve got no time for it
i wish that i could quit

i see the beauty in everything
i see the tragedy in it too
it’s a bell you don’t wanna ring
but when you wake up you might have to

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from Gender Mechanics, released February 2, 2021

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