Septober

5 Seconds

1
the seconds slip
slowly beneath the water
sinking softly to the ground
2
and our ships sailed away
we lost the maps
the compass
and the sails
3
the sun set
and the day hid
as my mind wandered
4
those seconds we had
were precious to me
and i hope you
hold them dear
5
I still close my eyes
and count silently to five
to remember when our ships
bumped ways
the seconds we lost
and the lives we gained.

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Confusion Part 1(part 1 and 2 to be said together at the same time)
Take it back
Take it back
For the people who died
the beliefs that were lost
to build these cities
on this golden hill
take it back
take it back
the cracks that were left
softened by time
under stressed and pressure
tore us all down
take it back
take it back
and lets rejoice
millions have died
and we trample their bodies
millions have died
and we sleep on their bones

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Part 2

Give it away
give it away
the death wasn't worth it
the ideas not perfect
the streets never golden
on this shit pile
give it away
give it away
an uneasy structure
beaten by humans
who left the system
for death and decay
give it away
give it away
but i'll give it
one more chance
for the millions who will live
a house and home
for the millions unborn
a god of their own

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Explanations
I don't understand your tears
why you cried
when i spoke those words
it wasn't meant to hurt
it wasn't meant to mar
or even to reveal
a much darker side
all i wanted to do
was shine the lamp a new
with a different lens
at a different angle
for a my time
so take my illuminations
not as sadness
but as my truth
and don't cry for me
but smile that i understand
my own truth.