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There are books beside my bed stand
There's a hole in these four walls I call my room
There are signs here of a struggle
Against a slow and not impending doom

I am piercing skin and drywall,
They are only tiny pieces of shells
And now all these little continents to me
Are tiny pieces of hell
Things used to be swell

There were pet names I had
But they all ran away
There were friends that I made
But I changed all their names
Now please understand and let go of my hand:
I am leaving you, land, I'm in love with the sea

This is me being romantic,
I am used to bending reeds upon a stage
But if all of Don Juan sounds like one
Long Bob Dylan song, then that's okay

Oh, the thing about Virginia is there's a
Total lack of hope or fear
So I am moving to California with the hope
That it will sink next year

There were pet names I had
But they all ran away
There were friends that I made
But I changed all their names
Now please understand and let go of my hand:
I am leaving you, land, I'm in love with the sea

Though love will tear you up
I don't think land-locked love's enough
I wear my heart on my knees,
It isn't the season for sleeves
And I don't kneel to anyone

There were pet names I had
But they all ran away
There were friends that I made
But I changed all their names
Now please understand and let go of my hand:
I am leaving you, land, I'm in love with the sea

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from Just Hanging, released December 2, 2012

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Bitterness is different, it's hit or miss with listeners, so I limit the risk with that symptomatic distance.

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