pity by Rorschach

cold stone against my back
i beg the river to take me
to where it always has before

i haven't been here since
the bridge collapsed
it's not the same place anymore

this path has been remade
these trees have shifted place
i swear i cannot recognize this floor

i want my mountain back
i want this river to save me
like it did when i was twenty-four

but

there's no light
just sleep in my eye
tonight
i don't even wanna try

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pity me
pretty me
on the ground like a centipede
cup bearer ganymede

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let the dumb bird fly
let its ego die
i don't wanna try
i don't wanna try

there's no light
just sleep in my eye
tonight
i don't really wanna try

there's no light
just sleep in my eye
tonight
i don't really wanna cry

there's no light
just sleep in my eye
tonight
i don't even wanna die

there's no light
just sleep in my eye
tonight
i don't even wanna try

• Rock
• folk
• indie
• singwriter
• New Jersey