Growth And Squalor

Follow the wolves, give them your hand. Tell them to quit and get out while they can. But they won't; it's so much easier to die. Swallow the air that tickles your neck. Throw your head back and refuse to forget. That we all change before we know. An

The shelter I have is not enough for where we are The moon hides its face every night, afraid to die The calendar tells us to wait inside our cage I'll laugh as they send me to hell for what I've done The frames on the walls they come right down And

I'm digging my way out for you I'll find a hole and pummel through To try and change the moon from half to full to new I've been underneath for weeks Finding ways to punish me For acting like a child here You say, "All eyes on me, don't you leave for

We were talking for months the same, in a way When I got to thinking about the pain So many fools change every day I saw my future become my past - are there things to save? They keep comin' around We were talking for months the same, in a way Then I

Sorrow's a weight I know that you've said the same Our arms get weaker with aging So lover, I know it never strikes only once Because time teases all of us You can't be the one if I am not for you Heaven's around in a most unlikely place If we run, w

There's a light on from underneath our doorway Like the light that still flickers in your head I won't blame you for trying to find darkness That's alright with me If you climb down from where your heart escaped you We could travel the world in secon

I fell behind within a version of myself I drew a map so you would know where to go Like waves ashore I tried to drown out the sound Of all the voices spilling, "You should've known" It sounded like a lake was forming in me So I built a raft for