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Earth's Other Shadow

from Songs for Dismemberment: Shi by Radio Wire Empire

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at the cusp of the cup of the ink and the ladle lifted
to my lips lapping up the shade of your navel cable
connections oh god oh sweet lord son of a whore
who birthed a savior and i can't blame him holding on
his immaculate conception like franco harris fame
and shame maybe while he was pinned upon the crux
he shouted forgiveness for himself and all who stuck to his bleeding side they knew not that he lived a lie and nor did christ but out of blood comes truthful touch and broken spite

science sleeps tonight

five seven five
is no way to survive
in this world of limitless limitations
the only way to resist it is to die

Everything I touch
with tenderness, alas,
pricks like a bramble
and I'm not one to gamble
the sun can't handle the
cards on the table not another fabled
romance just a jack and a queen
fucking like Kichi and I once did
in the snow in a dream
tiptoes can't make any mark worth
remembering but i don't want to
be seen by anyone
but you, so that's just what i'll do

basho buson issa shiki
caught out with pants down among
bystanding applause and
with a leaky eye aimed a finger
pointing to the sky where the moon should have been
a week ago but never showed
maybe she's become earth's other shadow
just a place that exists in the chambers
of our sorrow
where i can never go
where we can never go
were we will never know
what goes on in and around
always down
so make the best of nothing
cause we're here forever

five seven five
is no way to survive
in this world of limitless limitations
the only way to resist it is to die

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from Songs for Dismemberment: Shi, released July 5, 2013

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