these are the sounds before the pressure breaks
one final song before the pressure breaks
and i’ll never see you again
and i’ll never hug you again
and i’ll never see you again
and you’ll never see me again
and you never want to remember me
and you won’t remember me
just lay down with candy and forget me

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a nice place, a dark place
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a shadow
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a song about the leaves and the sun
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analyzed states, saw them all the same
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