when you woke up in this hospital bed,
with slits across your wrists,
and caring eyes seeing that you are not dead
when the years came and past,
and the scars wrapped up in a fraudulent cast
we found your manuscript on your bedroom floor,
as it fell from you hands, and quietly shut the door
Did it really even matter this time
What did they say, what did they know, before they couldn't let it go,
what its like to fall apart, in your covered arms
what did they say, what did they do, why do they owe this all to you
when you finally fell apart, in your broken arms
did you really not know how many people cared
long sleeves and skinny jeans
with black fingernails
and holes torn at the knees
with kitten scratches and water proof matches
to show you're an outcast from the masses
as Harrier drove you to write one last letter
they never thought you would get better
What did they say, what did they know, before they couldnt let it go,
what its like to fall apart, in your covered arms
what did they say, what did they do, why do they owe this all to you
when you finally fell apart, in your broken arms
you woke up late last night
so you could honestly just cry
as you wrote your last letter
and never got better
of this lucid void
when you almost died
at this attempt at suicide
like a bullet from a barrel
as it missed that narrow
Styloid
What did they say, what did they know, before they couldn't let it go,
what its like to fall apart, in your covered arms
what did they say, what did they do, why do they owe this all to you
when you finally fell apart, in your broken arms
Is this your last letter (x3)
what did they say, what did they do, why do they owe this all to you
when you finally fell apart, in your broken arms
do you really not know how many people cared.
credits
from The Astronomer EP,
released February 28, 2015
Composer/Musician-Caleb Meurer
Sound Engineer-Sam Reading
Acoustic Folk-Rock Band. From Salt Lake City, Utah. Influenced from a wide variety of genres like Blues, Jazz, Death Metal, Rock, Punk and of course Folk.
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