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i am present
i can grasp myself by the hair
i can feel it, and tug it
and know that i'm still there
i can be there for you
i can be there, but not for me
sometimes i get so mindless,
i get so mindless that i hurt myself
and don't feel the pain
what is the sense of a cut if it doesn't draw blood
if it doesn't make me feel anything other than the same
at what point do i have to say my coping skills aren't working?
at what point do i say i have cut myself enough?
at what point can i get bored of this
what point do i say it's been enough?
hospitals are boring
living is boring
my story's been told a thousand times before
it's the story of a woman who isn't given the love she needed
i'm the simplest of women
i am the simplest of women
all i need is boundless love
i'm the simplest of women
and i'm the simplest i've ever been when i'm in love
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what i want
01:27
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please stop
let me sleep
let me rot
if i tell you what i want, won't you do it?
if i tell you what i choose, won't you respect it?
i will tell you what i want
i will tell you what i want
i will tell you what i will choose
i choose death
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you will know i'm there
03:01
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don't you know my name by now?
you shall cower in the crowd
when you see my face next time
when you see my face next time
you will crow like a crow
you will take cover
you, you will discover my name
in your veins
in your breath, you will exhale my scent
and you will know i'm there
you will know i'm there
you will fear me like you should
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background chatter
03:21
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shame
02:57
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oh, don't go
you already went
leave me once
shame on you
leave me twice
shame on your family
leave me with shame
shame is my condition
conditional love
i have brought you to the edge
your semen jumped off
i am ashamed to say you are loved
but i loved you like a brother
and i fucked you like a sister
i am ashamed
but not for myself
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don't you fear?
01:11
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you doubt me
and i do too
i doubt that i will restrain myself for you
i would be afraid if i were you
don't you know i am insane?
don't you know they keep me here?
don't you know it? don't you know it?
don't you fear?
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take me with you
02:00
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would you judge me
if i said i don't want to leave
you get accustomed to things
you get accustomed to things
and i am accustomed to you
would you love me if i read you like a book
if i decided i do not want to look away when you pass away
when you die
when you die
take me with you
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my god is death
05:29
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goddamn. goddamn
you threw me for a fucking loop
why do you want me to suffer?
my god's name is hell
my god's name is death
in my dreams, i see god
she embraces me
she is naked
and i am not afraid
there is nothing to fear anymore
no one can hurt me here or make me suffer anymore
i want to be in a hell of my own making
i want to control the hurt
i want to pick the moment i exhale
the moment i die belongs to me and no one else
my god, my god
she has a voice
and it's soft
and it is calling me
my god has a choice for me
she asks me to choose every day
but i refuse to resign myself to death
just yet
oh my sweet, my sweet god
do not fret
i will join you when the day is long
i will join you when the time is right
i will join you when it's time for bed
god
my god is death
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i am simpler than you think.
if you want to know me go look at your sink
and watch the water drain the same way every time
and that is mine
that is my frame
and it is always the same
i want water
i'm the simplest of women
i'm the simplest of women
all i want is boundless love
i'm the simplest of women
i'm the simplest of women
all i need is god above
and i am at my simplest
i am at my simplest
when i am in love
watch me take your love
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