| I’ve taken for granted the reach of my voice
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| Host to the outbreak, opaque blades of noise
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| Chaos evolves
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| Myself, a part of me must die
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| To make the space for growing light
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| The past devolves
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| With time, don’t let it define
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| Why run from what remains behind?
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| Unclasp my hands
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| Let go of dead weight, outgrown
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| Constricting me around my throat
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| My words, my last
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| Who knows when death will crawl through my window
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| Before I go, you should know
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| Fire is where life is made
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| Burn within, hear the pain
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| Blacken my eyes, char my name
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| Throw the ash in my face
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| Near my wards
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| It constellates inside my brain
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| Wear the scars, claim the shame
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| Now the fire, weakened flame
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| There’s new growth after the blaze
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| My skin bled and dried the wounds
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| My eyes watched it mend
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| My teeth gnashed these words of suffering
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| So my mind may transcend
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| Are your ears burning in likeness
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| In crisis we all unite
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| Redesign my biased mind
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| Born to bind to the worst of times
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| Growing a voice within me
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| As loud as the darkness, I believe
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| Oh, dark matter will ossify
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| Corroding my reason
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| Coalesce in my soul
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| I ossify
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| I blacken my eyes
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| Axis of ice, frost of my spite
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| I create the mold
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| Orbit with heat, I increase the cold
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| To keep my world under my feet
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| I cannot defend what’s growing within
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| Set fire to my skin
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| Embers escape, all that remains
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| The crux of what I am
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| Noose in my voice, weapon of choice
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| To suffuse my sable void
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| Dark matter, no light emits
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| I’m starved of life, full of regrets
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| We’ve taken for granted the reach of our voice
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| Host to the outbreak, opaque blades of noise
|
| Chaos evolves
|
| The world, part of it must die
|
| To make the space for growing light
|
| The past devolves
|
| With time, don’t let it define
|
| Why run from what remains behind?
|
| Unclasp my hands
|
| Let go of dead weight, outgrown
|
| Constricting us around our throat
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| My words, my last
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| Who knows |