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lyrics

So we lit lamps
A dancing masquerade
The superior light
For flakes of falling wet snow
On our faces and in our hair
The coldest story ever told
The warmest smile you ever wore
It’s not love unless you choke
On every word I ever spoke
Reach out your arms and let it bend
Around the headrest and then
Let it land atop my attic
Full of pomade and prayers
Eccentric as I am
Unconsciously aware

Like a Lord I will watch from above
My capacity for living
Counting flowers on the rug
Let me cultivate an itch
Strip the walls and paint your face
A torment we both despise
You dropped your hands
I dropped my eyes
I was never truly meant for this
What a wretched busyness
I’d rather die a hundred times
Add eight more (to no surprise!)
Janus, hold the gate
I do not trust his double face
Never took you for a coward 
Always read you as slave

I left civilization
For barbarism
I took the key from his right hand
And put it in my teeth and felt around
In the dark for the door
Until I felt the frame enter my hand
Hot from the heat of what lay behind

Like a Lord I will watch from above
My capacity for living
Counting flowers on the rug
Let me cultivate an itch
Strip the walls and paint your face
A torment we both despise
You dropped your hands
I dropped my eyes
I was never truly meant for this
What a wretched busyness
I’d rather die a hundred times
Add eight more (to no surprise!)
Janus, hold the gate
I do not trust his double face
Never took you for a coward 
Always read you as slave

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from Capacity For Living, released April 7, 2023

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