Lamplighters

from I Wonder If They're Happy by Turnspit

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You've got that look on your face.
The one that I can't read.
I could ask, and I sometimes do.
But this isn't about me.

All our streetlights flicker on.
All our dusks, they sting.
All our eyes can narrow.
All our throats, they sing.

These streets, they all look different.
Alleys look the same.
Gutters all drain water, though they're fed by different rains.
I'm listening.

No one sees themselves the villain.
Those actions come from pain.
Let out the tension in your shoulders
as you fidget with your frame.

Someone's crying in the corner.
Someone's laughing at the bar.
All our angels, huddled, crouching,
tearing at our hearts.

These streets, they all look different.
Alleys look the same.
Gutters all drain water, though they're fed by different rains.
I'm listening.

Slow fighter.
Lamplighter.
Are you listening?

Ink writer.
All-nighter.
Are you listening?

There’s always someone hurting more than you.

These streets, they all look different.
Alleys look the same.
Gutters all drain water, though they’re fed by different rains.
I’m listening.

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from I Wonder If They're Happy, released December 11, 2015

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