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Breathing softly, into my coffee
I spilled it on a photograph and let it dry
Now it’s faded, and I debated
If it had always looked that way I can’t deny

The man inside the mirror looks ugly
My heart is playing tricks on my mind
Too many days of walking on stones and broken glass
A victim’s shoes should fit me just fine

It’s always seeming, like I am dreaming
So maybe all this guilt has just been misapplied
If this affliction, is purely fiction
Like throwing grains of salt into a demon’s eyes

The man inside the mirror looks ugly
My heart is playing tricks on my mind
Too many days of walking on stones and broken glass
A victim’s shoes should fit me just fine

I don’t know why I feel sorry
These people weep by my side
The beast is waiting inside me
On the other side, of this divide

Breathing softly, into my coffee
I’m not sure that it ever left my...

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from alstromeria, released October 21, 2014

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