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St. Clare |
| pillars of salt |
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when at
twelve i
got saved
it was
Revealed
to me:
that across my countryside
the reverent’re keepin shit simplified
that illiterate poverty
feeds the fire their crosses need
when i
was in
college
i learned
about
gray scales
it’s not just black or right
it’s not just wrong or white
and those who disagree
tend to shun complexity
finding no thing in our see-king
now seeking just to be found
now that ‘god’s will’ = ‘whatever happens’
i find rest in his resolute hand
your bad reputation’s hard to escape because you’ve earned it
your
justice is too texas and I think that this concerns it
god
your bad reputation’s hard to escape because you’ve earned it
your
justice is too texas and I think that this concerns it
god |
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| what's up with the breakdown? |
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carryin a picture of the one I love
(it’s all just chemicals)
god is good and god is above
(it’s all just chemicals)
it’s all…
Treat my life like a jigsaw puzzle
Someday I can make it fit together... |
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| show don't tell |
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lord it’s true to try
but to try to try is lies
lord it’s true to do
but to try to do’s untrue
try harder
something make me jump up
into the electric
something make me jump up
into the electric
moving is a way to get by
staying is a way to get by
spending is a way to get by
saving is a way to get by (take a hint)
an earnest effort is good enough
an earnest effort suits me just fine
an earnest effort is just as good
an earnest effort suits me just fine
lord it’s true to do
but to try to do’s untrue
lord it’s true to try
but it’s lies to try to
try harder
die hard
so here’s the supplication
I feel obliged to confess:
so far I’ve been decent
and no better than the rest
while I’ve worked just as hard
i’ve earned more than most
And though i‘ve prayed for my soul
I’ve prayed more for my ghost
o! holy host
wholly hold my post
defend me from the god(s)
that I serve the most
come and make me jump up
into the electric
come and make me jump up
into the electric
come and make me jump up
into the electric
come and make me jump up
into the elec-- |
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| this will be everything |
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oh fate-
oh faith-
you really got me good
this time
your really done me in
this time
was is something that I said?
oh no!
will I wait here
much too long and
will I wait here
much too long and
will i?
lemme keep on callin out
unapologetically
i’m-a keep on callin out
unapologetically
lemme keep on callin out
a little bit louder now
lemme keep on callin out
a little bit louder now
lemme keep on callin out
lemme keep on callin out
lemme keep on callin out
lemme keep on callin out
easy now, easy now… |
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| lose 50 lbs. in 3 seconds |
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took the pills
so I could eat some everything
so I could eat some more
checked the fads
so I could fix my everything
so I could fix myself
(took the pills…)
you give yourself away,
and you’re in the service now. |
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| the mountains in france do thebBonebag dance |
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where’d the other half of that mountain go?
the slumber of these hills
(like a rising sea)
it makes sense to me (Rising Sea)
but
these mountains are not shoulders
they’re not knuckles
nor knee-caps.
stom-pin
in this
mudsomethinmustacome’d up
‘tween her toes
(we’ll never know--)
Stom-pin
in this
mudsomethinmustacome’d up
‘tween her toes
(--if she musta liked it like that)
inmybonybraingod’splayinwiththescissors(thesky’stoobig)usinearthlikeapunch-bag |
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