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Fun House Mirrors

from Onwards Yellow Berd EP by sleepwalk

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In the shadow of Byker bridge
As the winter wind bites my shaking lip
I meet a stranger upon a ship
But I doubt my steps as I’m boarding it
Because my influence is poisonous
And every word I speak makes the bottle drip on her

We walk home under orange lights
And she’s called ahead for a taxi ride
So many lonely nights I’ve spent strung out
On the couch in the room where we made out
It felt fucking magnificent
And I only wanted more.
Of course I wanted more.

How many more people have to die,
Before I run out of alibis? I’m sorry.
It makes me sick when I think of it,
Everything that could have been, I’m sorry.

I read her words to a cold blue light
They keep me warm under sheets on a January night
But they’re all aimed for someone else
A man that was born in the gap inside my chest
Another fiction I must create
Another lie to disguise what a fucking prick I am.
And how I am.

All these teenage ghosts walk round
As I lay on the floor of her brother’s house
She holds my hand as we drift to sleep
I want to scream and it’s all I can do to keep it in
I’m so fucking terrified that I’m going to mess this up in time
Just give me time

I am grateful for all of this,
My past has made me a pessimist, I’m sorry.
It makes me so glad to think of it,
All that grew in the wake of this, I’m sorry.
My friends would tell me to fuck off too,
In the way that I need them to, I’m sorry.
It’s a kindness I don’t deserve,
I know I’m only seeing the worst,
And I’m sorry for that, I am.

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from Onwards Yellow Berd EP, released January 29, 2014

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sleepwalk Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

Sleepwalk is Jack Fallows and whoever else they can convince to sing, play, record or perform with them.

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