The Complex, The Other Jitters

from Staying Up For Strangers by L. Mounts

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I will drown myself just to keep you dry
I will hurt myself just to keep you alive
I will fall right down to keep you standing up
I will sink below to keep yourself above
I will wait for you until your time runs out
I will sing for you because you have no mouth
I will bleed for you because you have no veins
I will call to you because you have no name

You’re a dream within a dream
I can’t wake up I’m asleep
Walking, moaning all night long
Just to sing for you this song
That you’re never gonna hear
You’ve no eyes and you’ve no ears
You don’t know any of this
That’s because you don’t exist

I’ll light myself on fire just to keep you warm
I’ll remain ugly ‘cause it’s you that I adore
I’ll be emotional, I know that you won’t feel
I’ll be the crazy one, I know that you aren’t real

You’re a figment of a thing
Of an image of a dream
Dancing, moving all around
Even though you make no sound
I can hear you loud in clear
Like the ringing in my ears
I should just forget all this
‘Cause I know you don’t exist

You are something in my head
You are nothing in my bed
You are vivid, you are me
You are imaginary
You are what I wish I had
You are what I’ll never get
You are gorgeous, you are sweet
I am hopeless in defeat

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from Staying Up For Strangers, released June 30, 2015

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L. Mounts Chicago, Illinois

Singer of songs. Abstainer of substances. Bringer of plagues.

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