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Ever so slight is the slime in my throat
Lightly obscuring the words that it coats
My idea of a joke: drown to see if I float
And I'm laughing the loudest of all

I set aside my disaffection
But found respite in resentment
In rejection I found a semblance
Of comfort so I've only ever lived
At the top of this tower

There is a reason for all of this
This anger has impetus

I talk a big game
Stoke a big flame
But that doesn't mean I don't get burned
I draw lines between myself and everyone else
As a defense against impermanence
As an affront to my health
Still I am fine most of the time

Ever so slight is the slime in my throat
Lightly obscuring the words that it coats
My idea of a joke: drown to see if I float
And I'm laughing the loudest of all

And it's small
But there's a certain consolation
Involved in total alienation
For all
Of this self-deprecation
I'm not actually this jaded
Or obsessed with isolation

I just talk a big game
Stoke a big flame
But that doesn't mean I don't get burned
I draw lines between myself and everyone else
As a defense against impermanence
As an affront to my health
Still I am fine most of the time

Ever so slight is the slime in my throat
Obscuring the words that it coats
My idea of a joke: drown to see if I float
And I'm laughing the loudest of all

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from Sister City // Uncle​/​Father Oscar, released January 27, 2015

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Baltimore / Philadelphia tenuous punkish kinda indie rockish

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