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on the way to mars we can reminisce
talk about the darkness and the stars
talk about people we might miss
on earth
now is all that matters
there's nothing in the past
but that's alright
we can see the stars in all directions
now we see a tangled blur of white
Maltesian riot
now I guess I'll finally see
the kind of calmness chaos brings
I got so tired of going round & round
waiting for gravity to bring me down

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stealthissound On Apr 19, 2015

Goin' Against Your Mind

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2015-04-19 02:20:43

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by Hermes Whitman

10y ago

People currently on the Mars waiting list must be thinking such thoughts. Is this in the end a story of interplanetary cabin fever? Maltesian riot of the mind?

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