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Midsentence

from Desire Paths by Turnspit

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All of the good times—our high lives and night life—are bolted down, tight, to the past.
We try to relive it, but only in increments, with every sip from this glass.
We’re living the dream in cobwebs and seeds,
lines from all the shitty novels we read,
content to build castles of sand and call ourselves royalty.

I don’t want what was promised.
I want the belief
that it’s waiting for us.
All we need do is reach.

They told us to look to the skies and to aim for the fences.
Now, we’re all just waiting in lines that never will finish.
They sold us beautiful lies.
They told us we were all princesses and princes.
Now, we’re left here with meaningless words and a pause in midsentence.

We learned how to be from toys and TV.
We’re worth a hell of a lot more unhappy.
Our heroes were strong, the villains all wrong, and the women always needed saving.
Now all of the glass is broken,
and all of my hair’s in my hands.
And all of my hope has been stolen,
and I question the worth of a man.

They told us to look to the skies and to aim for the fences.
Now, we’re all just waiting in lines that never will finish.
They sold us beautiful lies.
They told us we were all princesses and princes.
Now, we’re left here with meaningless words and a pause in midsentence.

Here’s to the real friends, the ones that I haven’t seen in weeks.
Life flew right out of our hands.
We burned down the forest but could not find a tree.
We fell for the trick we thought we would get.
We held to the pledge and watched the prestige,
and we found ourselves sawed in half to an audience clapping.

They told us to look to the skies and to aim for the fences.
Now, we’re all just waiting in lines and hoping to end this.
They sold us beautiful lies.
They told us we were all princesses and princes.
Now, we’re left here with meaningless words and a pause in midsentence.

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from Desire Paths, released February 16, 2018

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