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It's a shame, the way you've carried on

from Engine's Gonna Sing by Call Hollow

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How could I have rested well,
given all I'd seen?
I called you and said, "I'm in hell
and I need company."

But you– you turned the light off,
and you left me to lie.
What can I say for the cold, reckless way I was treated?
It just wasn't right.

A secret brought to a slow-enough boil
will surely find air to scream.
I've no doubt you can lie loud enough to drown it out,
but how d'you plan to hide the steam?

You're offering a bargain on a scorched-earth heart,
but nobody is buying it.
(No one thinks it's art.)
Since you put your finger in a ring
you think you're so damn smart,
but nobody is buying it.
(I don't hear nobody crying yet.)

Because you– you turned your light off,
and you live for your lies.
All I can say about the cold, reckless way you've been living...
well, it's no kind of life.

We could see your joyride facelift
outlined in clinical blue.
Your benzedrine suitor was sweet like placebo
and you were just dying to
be the control,
but not being in control
never suited you.
Now you're just dying too.

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from Engine's Gonna Sing, released May 4, 2006

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