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Purple Sky Nights

by Larkin London

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1.
Crepuscular 03:47
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Every night I stay up Later than I should I like walks under streetlights In my safe neighborhood And when I get home I sit in the dark in my car alone And listen to the end of the last song on the radio (If I'm lucky it's Amie, by Pure Prarie League) I like the sound of the Cicadas Washing over me So many fitful nights Ruined by anxiety But when I hear them singing I feel like it's just for me And I can finally find my peace, get some sleep I like to pick up the green husks Of the black walnuts on the ground I like to listen to the sounds this bat makes Chasing its food all around I like the way the rabbits run Bringing me luck, luck, luck I'll let the radio play one more song, no need to rush, rush, rush (If I'm lucky it's oh Black Water, by Doobie Brothers)
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Honesty 03:38
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You have never had an ounce of tact That's why your group of friends rotate each year And they take turns talking behind your back You pretend that perfect rhyme's a crime It's an easy target to tear apart Pretend your fumbling with writing makes it an art You have never had a real heart ache You're a mewling child whose just upset That for one time something didn't go your way I can see all from my throne I can judge all on my own The sad thing is, I know the real you When you gaze into the mirror The eyes looking back see nothing true If you ever find the success you seek Know you've never earned a single thing It's all luck and the lies you keep I sing no simple story in this song This honesty I'm harboring Has been eating me alive for so long I can see all from my throne I can judge all on my own
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Multiple Parts 03:51
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I'm not afraid to break your heart Give it to me, might come back in multiple parts I'm not afraid to break your heart I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry I should have told you This could happen right from the start I'm pretty sure I did But I didn't really emphasise that part Cause I never expected it to happen To you I'm scared and I'm lonely too But I guess I'm not lonely enough to be with you Oh shit, I'm an asshole, it's true I swear to god I try to think the things I say through But at the end of the day I'm only use to thinking about my self And the things I say Never usually have to make sense to anyone else - It'll probably stay that way I know that people read the words to these songs I can't really pretend that they don't I could not have dinner with you today Because my words are still all wrong When I open my heart, it is a floodgate You could not handle me So until I find a lover than could I keep it in my chest under lock and key Oooohhh ooohhhh
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Beth 03:51
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I don't - Think I'll Find the love that I need Don't think that I'll die happy But I - Don't mind I despise "the way it should be" That growing up instilled in me I think - I have Become that man you wanted when You said that you did not want me I don't - under- stand the emphasis We put on love and happieness I use - to think I worshiped the persuit of truth But truth's divine in the sky, aloof Now I, worship Communication, distilation Of feelings with tactful obfustication Your eyes - are so Beautiful, distinct, unique Beth you know just what I mean I am - fragile I'm wilting when I'm not with you Broken, black, purple, blue
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Compliment 05:06
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When people mention most How nice you always are They are all tongue-in-cheek Pointing out you're naive It's not a compliment Staying in his back pocket Isn't looking out for him You know to beware the words That he loves to depend on you That isn't what he meant I don't want you to be swallowed whole I don't want you to let me go And I can try and put myself in your shoes But we all know I could lose you Life will not always be As tolerable as it has been But you must stay heart-strong Don't dwell on the past this long Please just lean on me Platitudes work sometimes When there's a wound so deep The truth that we all know Can't heal the scars we keep That's not how it should be I don't want you to be swallowed whole I don't want you to let me go And I can try and put myself in your shoes But we all know I could lose you
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Work of Fiction 03:06
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I've worked my fingers to the bone And my feet are about to fall off If I walk anymore, they'll break off at the sockets And I wish that I had a raise Or something to show for for wasting my days At this place, or at least a little more than those who can't handle one little thing And I'm burnt out in one week And I can't handle responsibility At least not as much as they thrust on me, or maybe I just don't want to So I've perfected the look of pathetic Please don't tell my manager I said it But I'm prepared to cry and damnit I will if I have too Lord Please Strike me dead so I can get some sleep Another thousand years or so would be peachy keen Lord Please I don't want to do this every day for the rest of my life At first I thought over-time sounded cool But hotdamn did I become the fool Who realized there's no price you can put on the part of your soul it kills Coming home, eating and passing out Surly isn't all my interal life should be about If I'm lucky I get to masturbate before it hits me And I have to shower every day To combat the sweat and funk and decay But it's not that easy as it sounds when I barely have the engery to remove my shoes And I'd sell my soul to the devil To get out of this hellhole If I knew this isn't where he'd put me back forever when I die Lord Please
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Late Night Depression 04:42
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Ever since my first search engine I knew my mother spoke no deep truths So when she said I have a love, somewhere And they're searching for me too The authority she drew upon Was stretched as thin as you I'm haunted by my dreams of every kind When I'm awake, they're stumbling blocks When I'm asleep, death is rarely ever far But it's never something I have fought When you appear to me, arms outstretched More so than any others, I awake distraught If I ever ran out of words All it would take Is for me just to think about your face And I'd be whole again Some people have no imagination And go through life weaving intricate plots Made of pieces they pull from greater writers Building on the sinking sand of others thoughts If we couldn't live like verses waxed poetic Me and you, we would probably just rot My eyes are heavier than the pressure of spring Love and pollen in the air When my swollen face hits the coolest pillow I sink into a world beyond despair Despite my deepest darkest wishes to forget you I trace the curves of your face, though nothings there If I ever ran out of words All it would take Is for me just to think about your face And I'd be whole again That night I didn't want to go to sleep It knew it would make the day final, fluid, real. I hoped that maybe if I let it bleed into the next day, it wouldn't have the same weight. If it wasn't punctuated by a full night's sleep it might not be the same stain on the unwritten journal that it felt like in that moment. But when my eyes drooped and my fingers tugged the lights out, I knew it would be a day I remembered for the rest of my life. If I ever ran out of words All it would take Is for me just to think about your face And I'd be whole again
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The Atheist 04:44
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No one you've ever loved Would try to save your soul from the dark eternal fire So you make it out like salvation Would never be something you desire And God on his throne sees all He judges you a terrible liar And everyone on heaven and earth knows All liars surly die alone You think, everybody loves you think, everybody loves you think It's sad for you to think You make a mighty noise for attention A petulant child in need of affection You've been deprived, you've been depraved for so long No one blames your blind eye to truth The time came when the beggar died, Angels carried him to Abraham's side You asked for a drop to cool your tongue, But Lazarus would not come You think, everybody loves you think, everybody loves you think It's sad for you to think Heed my warning, listen to the words I say Lazarus will not come, there is a chasm in the way You think, everybody loves you think, everybody loves you think It's sad for you to think

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released December 31, 2017

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