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Cataclysmic visions, I get palpitations at night,
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I dream about some floating poet, then I get up and I write,
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And while I'm sure some write to feel content, and keep away the madness,
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the reason I keep doing this is to document my sadness,
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When I'm awake, I'm losing self-esteem,
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but when I drift away to sleep I have these self-important dreams.
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So please, chase me up the stairs just one last time,
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nip me on the ankle, and tell me that we're fine.
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Tell me that we're fine.
I know it's pathetic in a world with so much pain,
I'm feeling sorry for myself but I can't seem to shake this shame,
so I act like I'm impervious to the shit that's thrown my way,
and I know I shouldn't care, but I feel hideous today.
When I'm awake, I'm losing self-esteem,
but when I drift away to sleep I have these self-important dreams.
So please, chase me up the stairs just one last time,
nip me on the ankle, and tell me that we're fine.
Tell me that we're fine.
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Would you believe it, Sylvia Plath and me, in a rubber boat, out at sea.
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Hunched against the cold; we were tired and we were old.
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We shared abridged biographies and told dirty jokes as our extremities started to freeze,
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clouds overhead, I hung on every word she said, she said
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"is it the sea you hear in me?
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It's dissatisfactions, or the voice of nothing, that used to be your madness"
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it'll soon be dawn, so hurry up and row,
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or is it that you've got nowhere else to go,
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I can see you lonely behind the eyes, I can see you,
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and in a sense, I used to fucking be you,
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and one day you'll be me, and maybe then you'll see,
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some boats weren't built to float, so hurry up and row...
