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I read a chapter from a book
Before you came home
And as I put it down
I heard you move across the floor
It was always you, always you
And your footsteps along the creaking boards

It creaks anywhere you walk
Anywhere in this home
It’s like a moaning kitten
That only likes to be alone
Is it practical though to move about like you’re unknown
Sometimes you wish you could, you wish you could

Send me on a flight
Send me to Florida
Where I could feel my own weight in the sand
Where I could soften the rough edges
That you can’t
I wish you could
I wish you could

After I had a baby I wanted to pretend
Very little had changed
But everybody said then again
Around the bend, slow down, so then
I dragged myself to the piano in a robe
And I asked myself what new things did I think I needed to know
I felt like a kid
Just like my kid

Send me on a flight
High over water
With some directions
For mothers and daughters
Now I see you asking questions of yourself, which is fine
Try not to hurt anyone, don’t put yourself on the line
You deserve someone who takes care of you some of the time
I wish you good, I wish you good.

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from Dear Darkness, released April 23, 2021

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