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Square Knot Ep

by Quinceañera

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1.
give up the shelter you’ve built has fallen over the shelter you’ve built has fallen over fallen over under the weight of your sinking ship i broke free six, six months ago six years had wasted away wasted away wasted away six years had wasted away from all of the dreams we dreamt together all of the dreams we dreamt together all of the dreams we dreamt together dreamt together dreamt together we grew older under old oak trees and counted the blades of grass that crept one by one between our toes we drew lines across your skin criss crossing the avenues that connect your heart to your head i felt the sting of my forgiveness square in the chest like a cold drip your sweat was cold against me skin the last time that our bodies touched i could feel it in your motions the last of you had left for good
2.
and i swore i wasn’t my father’s son (i never wanted) but the cat cries at my door (to do this to you) so i scream to drown out the sound stand up speak out waiver your voice the sun broke through the clouds as the first tear fell from your face always looking back dice slip through my fingers roll into the cracks in the floor bury you in my second chances hidden in the cellar where my mind never wanders i am my father’s son i never wanted this
3.
a familiar scent hangs between the dashboard and i the smell of two hour drives just to climb up your stairs only to be caught in the morning i moved on i thought i had but our love was a body bag two weeks you were lying next to me two weeks only lying to me only lying to me
4.
your face the night we first met i told myself don’t try too hard she’s just like you scared and out of place i heard your name whispered in my ear just as you slid off the road lost in the wreckage your heart silenced the faint beat began to dim i lost you two years ago the deep sleep i thought i’d found your face fades more each day
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as i put my bare hands on your bare skin i was relieved of the shortcomings that had shortened my breath when you pulled my body close it felt safe to sleep not haunted by the sirens who sang to me the specter of my faults fell through the gaps in the faultline two years too long the two years i waited buried two together but i’ll ride the weather balloons right out of this hole and plunge into the open ocean overwhelmed by her boundless depths i never wanted to leave you behind but you stared so blankly when i motioned for you to follow i never wanted to leave you behind but you never needed me to carry you ahead

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released June 14, 2011

Recorded with Jon Reed in the first two months of summer 2011. The biggest thank you we can extend goes out to both him and our friends. We love you all dearly!

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