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I will be the one to let this roof cave in on me

Buried in this house, this wooden graveyard by the sea

 We push away our families to understand our needs

 The love and all the hate I used to hold in front of me

Restless nights, all dizzy spells, all sand between my sheets

Showing signs of thirst like dried-out, boardwalk-blistered feet

 And now I know I never knew about you, only me

 We carried this inside like some disease we couldn't beat

 But we could work, try to live and get by

 To make our family in this second-floor apartment

Standing on the threshold, body out in flesh, cold

Go ahead and celebrate the things you lost

Try to breathe, to flex and release

To cry and work in such an underrated ‘partment

Moments are a lifetime, nothing in a straight line

This could take a little while just to shake things off

Down by water's edge, under the dying tree

I let my body slip, so dead inside of me

But when I came around, some kind of murky face

I don't ever want to be alone like this

 And I will tuck into you like I always long to be

Shadows just a shade of black now, darkness in degree

 Oh it was you who knew we first saw this wasn't meant for kids like me

 Some hoodoo natural force we only feel we never see

But as we break in time, a brotherly sigh

Their heads got smaller ‘till they vanished into silence

Sinking into white foam, running to a new home

They can only understand the things we see

Just cease, desist, and leave me like this

Their eyes wide open, the beauty of the bright lights

Standing on a threshold, body out in flesh, cold

I don't ever want to be alone like this, no

I have no choice but to be vicious on my feet

 I never sleep, I never eat

 I am learning how to be lost completely

 But I want to be found,

 We crave things we push away

 These patterns cut like every day

 I need you to reach; I need you to need me

Down by water's edge, under a dying tree

I let my body slip, so dead inside of me

But when I came around some kind of murky face

Shaking my bones put me back in my place

I don't ever want to be alone like this

For me, by the presence of the things I miss

I don't ever want to be alone like this

For me, by the presence of the things I miss

Well, I am becoming the ghost of myself

Oh, I am becoming a ghost of myself

Trapped little secrets, little things we never tell

Now I am becoming the ghost of myself

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