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Saving Up

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I’VE GOT TWO TICKETS ON THE SOUTHBOUND TRAIN FOR ME AND MY DESPAIR,
EARLY MORNING, DAY AHEAD,
FULL OF FAILURE AND REGRET.
THE SOUND OF TRACKS BENEATH ME
CUTS EVERY HEADPHONE HARMONY
LIKE FOREIGN GHOSTLIKE WHISPER
TELLING ME THAT MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE STAYED WHERE I BELONG,
INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING BOTH GOOD AND BAD ADVICE. BUT I MOVE ON - A SUCKER FOR FALSE HOPE,
SAVING UP TO PAY THE PRICE.
IT’S FUNNY HOW YOU WRAP YOURSELF IN COMFORTING ROUTINE, BEFORE ENTERING A WORLD THAT'S SO OBSCENE.
AND THE BAG STRAPPED TO MY BODY
WEIGHS HEAVIER EVERY YEAR
WITH ALL THE MEDICINE AND PAST LIFE SOUVENIRS.
BUT IT'S ALL I'VE GOT HERE BY MYSELF,
EXCEPT FOR MAYBE ALL THE UNREAD BOOKS
UP ON MY FICTIONAL SHELF.
AND AS THE TRAIN STOPS FAR FROM EVERY STATION, I LONG FOR ALL THE COLD OUTSIDE MY WINDOW
TO COVER ME AND MY FRUSTRATION
IN SOLID WHITE
AS DAWN BREAKS THROUGH THE ENDING NIGHT.
I WANTED MORE THAN I COULD GIVE,
I WAS GIVING UP WHEN I COULD HAVE LIVED,
I WAS LIVING LIES INSTEAD OF DREAMS
I WAS DREAMING LONGER THAN I WOULD SLEEP.
YEAH MAYBE, ONLY MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE STAYED WHERE I BELONG
INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING BOTH GOOD AND BAD ADVICE BUT I MOVE ON - A VICTIM OF MYSELF
SAVING UP TO PAY THE PRICE...
...FOR WANTING MORE THAN I COULD GIVE, FOR GIVING UP WHEN I COULD HAVE LIVED, FOR LIVING LIES INSTEAD OF DREAMS,
FOR DREAMING LONGER THAN I WOULD SLEEP.

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from True Capacity, released July 17, 2018

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