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Baby flew against the grain,
crashed into the open sky.
So you smash the window pane,
mother bird don't die.
You'd take an open flame,
hold it to your open eye.
We only share a name,
you are not like me.

I know you're only sleeping...

I saw the opening
through a hail of broken teeth.
I heard the chorus sing,
flocking to the breach,
Who turns the engine shaft?
Whose eyes are growing weak?
Who drops the rigid jaw
forcing you to speak?

I know you're only sleeping...

Biting through the novocaine,
drop of blood upon my arm,
lift it on my nail and then
walk out of the yard.
East to see the city sing,
North to hold the past on high,
South to catch my breath again,
West until I die.

I know I'm only sleeping...

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from Friends and Family, released February 1, 2020

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