Artwork by Rosa Saul

Keep my distance to grow fonder
But I can't help let my hands wander
Hands move faster than the mind
I know she's here when my chest breaks inside 

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Let me add her to my collection
God, I loved her to invention
It's too easy to forgive her
The axe forgets, but the trees remember
Remember?

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Remember when

Remember then
I can't lose another limb

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Take me
to the belly of the beast
It saves me
At the edge of the end

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The call is coming from inside the house
Laid in foundations, rooted in the ground
But I can't lose a limb when I just learned to walk again

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I learned early to play victim
Try to rid him from my system
Raised on ego and contradiction 
An ancient father eats stone children

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Watch me stumble, watch me stagger
Shoulders seizing from this dagger
Keep me tidy, blades together
The axe forgets, but the trees remember
Remember?

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Remember when

Remember then
I can't lose another limb
Remember when

Remember then
I could use another

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Take me
from the belly of the beast
It changed me
It was bound to

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The call is coming from inside the house
Laid in foundations, rooted in the ground
Bury my head, but I just can't ignore the sound

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In pain
You seek refuge in my skin
Button close my lips
And settle comfortably within
You're drowning, my darling
My blood will keep you warm
You'd rather sleep and boil
Than escape and face the storm

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Some days, when the air is clear
You brave a step outside
Amnesia for the reasons why

you ever tried to hide
This leash is long
Not long enough
And freedom you could find
Just bite the rope and leave the safety of my skin behind
Just be warned, this callous world will tear you limb from limb
And bury you under foundations of this house we both live in