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Ain't living in the valley of the shadow of despair getting kind of tough to bear
? And ain't a kingdom built on witchcraft and depression slightly less than ethical
?

You ask us: "when did we go wrong"?

We say:

"The day you sold your smile just to fit in
 with those who appeared
 to know the truth
 but in the end 
just r e p e a t e d w h a t t h e y h e a r d to lead you to confirm their point of view 
to ease the PAIN
 of being AFRAID
 of
 S E X 
 and
 D E A T H 
 and all those 
things we'll keep h u s h h u s h till it's too late."

Good grief.


Did you know:

That if you take the time 
to close those eyes 
and think about all that you have h i d d e n 
deep inside your mind, 
you may discover that
 the 
truth 
is simply underneath
 the
 covers 
of the lies
 that keep you
 safe
 from dealing with the "yeah, I knows..." 
the
 "oh wells" 
and
 "whatevers" 
that keep chewing on your heart just like
 a hound upon a shoe
?

Until you gather up the nerve to
 kill 
what keeps on s e p a r a t i n g you 
from
 your T R U E LOVE you will be blue.

And did you know:

That an "angel" is a THOUGHT that will lead to E Q U I L I B R I U M of mind and body and soul and that 
a "devil"
is a THOUGHT
 that will turn a little girl into a slave
 on a
 slip
knot
 leash...

D o y o u g e t i t y e t ?

Who could "save" you from your self but your self ?

GOOD GRIEF.

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from The Child We Once Were and the Corpse We Shall One Day Be, released July 27, 2017

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