We Could Be Brave

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[MOVEMENT I] Should we confine ourselves To confidants' intervals? So bent about our shelters Blinds to open windows Would it all be cut losses And squandered farewells? We could be brave and see how it ends Oh, the ways I've forgotten how to stop Flinching, inching Distance me from earshot Exhausted, my options Take what time l've got Breakthrough at half past 5 in the morning Don't feel much better, better than nothing [MOVEMENT II] It's moving at a glacier's pace I need a higher dosage Each catalyst more cataclysmic Crashing in slow motion Still not quite sure how I Never seem to catch it comin' Misusing all my languid strength For all this shit I'm hauling I know these things by name I often wish they'd just stop calling Just to justify my Sisyphean crawling I'm losing all my saving grace But saving face I'd take Or some way to savor My never-ending ache It's moving with an anxious gait I need a higher dosage Don't say it's more than I can take Some pressures never let As much to overcome as left to comprehend [MOVEMENT III] Close enough to grab it "I don't wanna know" Scattershot habits Ricochet in echoes We deal in distance, in hypotheticals The shoulds, coulds, and woulds I know these depths so well Carved in the image of their maker Despite how it might feel Like the presence of another If you mirror me, hate your reflection too, I'd hardly blame you If you mirror me, hate your reflection too, I'd hardly blame you Oh, the ways I've forgotten how to stop (We could be brave, we should be safe here) Lunging at my own tail, flesh for me to gnaw (We could be brave, and just wait to see how it ends) If this breaks, then it's a wound that I can gauze (We could be brave, we could wait out the end of days) [MOVEMENT IV] Not numbered, but bulletpointed! And some days that's all I think about! My ache is forever My ink's running out This ache is forever At least tonite's just for now This week's just for now This month's just for now Could this ache be much longer? Where the fuck's my way out? 'Cause God knows I've tried to go outside At least once or twice this month Looked down, in and out Still came up at loss for answers We could be brave Try to set our eyes back forward [MOVEMENT V] But perhaps I hesitate Because I'd rather stay Fuck better than nothing For 5 a.m. there's nothing better Wash your face, brush your teeth Make your bed, take your vitals All you can do is sit in that skin to see how it ends (just like the rest of us) Potential was squandered, no energy wasted if you see to the end (just like the rest of us) Should you feel beside yourself You're still right by the rest of us We could be brave, we should be safe here Would it be so far off-course to live because you will it? Couldn't be a lesser force than the spirit that permits it We could be brave, we should be safe here We could be brave, if we just wait to see how it ends We could be brave, we should be safe here We could be brave, if we just wait to see how it ends We could be brave, we should be safe here We could be brave, if we just wait to see how it ends We could be brave, we should be safe here We could be brave We could be brave