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lyrics

My Gift

Friends, I live alone.
I keep the curtains closed
To hide from prying eyes.
I will no longer try to keep myself alive.
Should have joined them long ago—
My mom and dad both in their holes.

Friends, I knew this girl.
She was a neighbor
And we used to go to church.
I used to stare at her
Until my mother poked me where it hurt.
Said that I was like my dad
Been locked away ‘cause he was bad.

There is a world behind the one you see.
And I know ‘cause I’ve visited myself
It is my gift.
It’s only there
That you are ever truly free.

You’re gone
But no one notices your missing.
‘Cause true time is concealed
As with a veil.
The floor and wall dissolve
Because they’re nothing,
Than tricks played on ourselves
With our own minds.

Friends, I bought this doll.
I sold the watch I got for Christmas
To this guy.
I said I lost it but my mother
Saw right through me and knew I lied.
I can see the child’s face.
She stroked the hair,
The fancy lace.

Friends, it all was chaste.
We met in secret ‘cause I know
How people think.
She said her mother cried and fretted
And her father would often drink.
Told her some of my secrets too—
My grandfather helped lynch a Jew.
There is a world behind the one you see
And I know ‘cause I’ve visited myself.
It is my gift.
It’s only there
That we are ever truly free.

You’re gone
But no one notices you’re missing.
‘Cause true time is concealed
As with a veil.
The floor and wall dissolve
Because they’re nothing,
Than tricks played on ourselves
With our own minds.

Friends, I didn’t know
That a girl could be so gentle
At her age.
When I was little
Girls were cruel until they forced me
Into a rage.
Was this one that laughed at me—
I smashed her head into a tree.

Friends, I knew she’d change.
It wouldn’t be her fault
But knew there’d come a day
When she would look at me
Real different and would think that
I was strange.
Just all my teachers did—
They called me “Dr. Moreau’s kid”.

Told her how
Everything is junk here.
All the stuff you think is solid is
Nothing more than a prop.

There is a world
Behind the one you see.
And I know ‘cause I’ve visited myself.
It is my gift.
It’s only there
That we are ever truly free.

You’re gone
But no one notices you’re missing.
‘Cause true time is concealed
As with a veil.
The floor and walls dissolve
Because they’re nothing
Than tricks played on ourselves
With our own minds.

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from After the City Was Taken, released October 19, 2019

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