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Life Preserver

from EP2 by rows & rows of houses

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there’s blood up on the roof and in the gutters
there’s blood in the pipes and on the stairs
there’s spittle in my throat, and it’s keeping me from talking
but I just wanna kiss your hair

there’s wolves in the yard and in the basement
there’s wolves in my sinew and my bones
their baying never stops, and they’re dripping at the jaws
I’ll feed them so they’ll leave you alone

we were south on 37 when we passed that piece of wreckage
lit up like a dried-out Christmas tree
and on the news that night they said that kid would never leave his bed
and you said, “never let that happen to me

oh, tell me you’ll let me drown gently
when I’ve been swept too far out to be saved
shouldn’t live if I can’t thrive, and a life preserver describes
all it’s good for right there in the name”

my grandma got sick, and they put her in a home
and it smelled like disinfectant, death and shit
she smiled still but empty, like a light on a projector screen
for a disintegrating movie strip

so I meant it when I told you I was never gonna let you
watch me torn apart piece by piece
when the wolves get their teeth in, yeah, they really fucking mean it
we’re nothing but bleeding red meat

so please let them take me off gently
for a peaceful meal in their own family home
I couldn’t bear the thought of you standing helpless guard
while they rip the last flesh from my bone

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from EP2, released February 17, 2017

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