After

from Strings EP by Henri Tyler

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A hundred legs on the ceiling.
Crush them dead, but I still get that feeling again.
It’s playing back to me – I can’t lose my family,
Or you. Or me.

A rattling in the wall.
Ear to the plaster, I hear nothing at all,
In my head, could it be hiding behind my teeth?
I let go – let it be.

Convictions.
Depictions of who I want to be.
How the glisten at a distance I can’t reach,
But there’s nothing and no one who can get there but me.
So I close my eyes and try to sleep.

Different words I’ve been saying,
To myself, all alone, but old songs keep replay in my head.
It aint bad – it’s all I ever had.
So I’ll bury them deep and come back.

But if I lose my place will I be forgiven?
Will I lose who I am with the way I’ve been living as well?
I’ll hold on – if I’m not too far gone,
Will I wake up when I hear them bells?

But you see I’m caught between the words and the rhythm.
I’m running out of all borrowed time.
The pressure’s been weighing, is it real what they’re saying,
That only the bad can survive?

But I’m here. I’m not ready, or able.
I’m thinking bout friends left behind.
They gave me all I got, if that’s true, why am I not running home,
To bring them back to life?

The branches that hang have been weeping,
And people we know will all die.
But don’t live in the past, this is the aftermath,
Of stepping into a new life.

And I’ve tried to go back once or twice.
So people, here’s my advice: It’s alright.

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from Strings EP, released November 18, 2016

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