Solitude and I
On such lonesome seas
With our words for sails
And an endless breeze
That's always behind

And I cannot recall
Knowing what we'd find
Though I'd heard of land
I'd hoped that it's nice
Or, or better than this

But everything is so beautiful
And nothing hurts
I tell myself

But I am so lost
and so scared
and so anchorless

But I must carry on
Towards horizon's hinge
Through the waves like oars
So fragile, so thin
Oh, just like my own

And I cannot recall
Knowing what we'd find
Though we'd heard of love
We'd hoped that it's nice
Or, or better than this

But everything is so beautiful
And nothing hurts
I tell myself

But everything is so beautiful
And nothing hurts
I tell myself

But then, from the sea
Came a great many teeth
Is this land?

'Cause I'm scared
And so poorly prepared
I'm dying, then see
A door with my life to be

I'm more than a boy on a wave
Lost in both time and space


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    i cannot recall knowing what we'd find though i'd heard of land

    but i must carry on towards horizons hinge through the waves like oars

    though we'd heard of love

    but then from the sea came a great many -

    "everything is so beautiful, and nothing hurts" that's a kurt vonnegut quote, if that explains anything

    sureon August 08, 2007   Link

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