Ma boys
(Verse)
I hook to heartless lovers
Like a guppy on the line,
Roll in beds of graters,
And with iron maidens grind
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I’m drawn to cold liquors
Needles, nails, and vials
I hug my heart with poisons
And build up veins of iron
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I’m Self-loathing
And I flagellate.
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(Chorus)
Perhaps I owe to Gaia
Or the spirit of the sea
Bear a debt from Aurora
Or am bound to tour Hades
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I have claim to nothing
Save my mind and body
I’ve defaulted on my soul
And must pay in equity
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(Verse)
There’s a fish inside me
I gut it and watch it flail
Let the water flow
Then hold its body still
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Something must die
For I can’t bear this yoke
My being screams pay
From my head down to my toes
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I’m ascetic
And I pay.
My lips rove,
From the tip of your toes
To the crown of your head,
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Your country’s young
Unsettled, and bold
With the morn I rise to settle the West…