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The Absence of Light

by Andrew K. Jolly

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1.
Tell me your disgusting story, I'll tell you mine I murdered him then wore his skin, now you get the gist The knife went in and stuff came out in pools of darkest red For a single night I ignored the light and bathed in the dark It was pretty in a way, the dark crimson display Settled on the lovely bed of autumn leaves The colours interacted in an immaculate show You really should've been there. Oh Your story was a beauty now I'll tell you mine My arrow tips pierced both brown eyes, which then filled with red Rivers slithered down her neck with lakes on her chest My bow relaxed the string went limp while blood kissed the floor. It was pretty in a way, the dark crimson display Settled on the lovely bed of autumn leaves The colours interacted in an immaculate show You really should've been there. I never had a friend. I never could connect I was never understood until I found your sweet lips Can we share this red. Can we share ourselves I think that I can trust you. I think we're the same It was pretty in a way, the dark crimson display Settled on the lovely bed of autumn leaves The colours interacted in an immaculate show You really should've been there.
2.
Body Clocks 04:34
With our body clocks We're sleeping in Better get to bed Or sleep in again Trick ourselves to think There's reason to Rise from warmth There's things to do We know there aren't It's only us A crease in time Against the world We're cosy now Wrapped in sheets The duvet pins us down To the bed beneath There's a world beyond the bed But do we care? Hide from the lights outside How easily we scare They say there are things for us to do But how they lie We'll keep our bodies inside 'til they are blue Our souls create A kind of hum That we don't hear But we know its there It tells us what Is Between the cracks There's little else Outside of this We're getting sad The ticking clock Will never stop Things won't change Just plough through Is what they say Go ahead Have a productive day There's a world beyond the bed But do we care? Hide from the lights outside How easily we scare They say there are things for us to do But how they lie We'll keep our bodies inside 'til they are blue
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Can you gauge the light in my eyes in the dark If there's any there I'd be surprised but I can hope Glimmers I've been holding on to feebly for these years Stopping me from fragmenting my mind I am both beauty and the beast Equally beautiful and beastly Curl my lips and twirl my hair And destroy you in a heartbeat I act this way to seamlessly blend in with what surrounds me It isn't hard to replicate the blandness of this town I keep to myself these delightful thoughts of death and torture I strive to be good but my sharpened knife craves blood. I am both beauty and the beast Equally beautiful and beastly Curl my lips and twirl my hair And destroy you in a heartbeat Doted on for most my life at first I was bewildered Pretty dresses compliments I rarely found the words To express my boredom with the whims of this existence The only solace I could find was death to those I kissed I'm trying to be good but there seems nothing of importance Odds and ends in woven lives to me they make no sense I try so hard to end my sprees but the taste of iron sates me With capture surely imminent I'm certain I deserve it I am both beauty and the beast Equally beautiful and beastly Curl my lips and twirl my hair And destroy you in a heartbeat
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Tell me your feelings Let those taps run dry Empty out your lungs Fill the air I'll be there for you These wires run deep We're steeped in time Our histories entwined A room without sound The waves escape leaving each of us To face the night alone Let me show you a track This one's yours You have to hear this song About a submarine Peaks and troughs Ride them all day long Face them all head on Spinning into a void Highs and lows When we reach the depths We try to swim back out Give a smile to a friend Give me the thoughts That put your hairs on end I'll eat them up Unsure of where I'll spew Bottled up inside I'll share them soon An ear to lend One wet afternoon A house left bare No heat within No world outside Floating into space Connect with me I'll meet half way We can share some words And share our minds Peaks and troughs Ride them all day long Face them all head on Spinning into a void Highs and lows When we reach the depths We try to swim back out Give a smile to a friend
5.
Fenced In 01:28
It's all in your head. You're fenced in. You're broken.

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Cover art by Emmeline Pidgen - www.emmelineillustration.com

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released June 18, 2015

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