Eyes Are Closed

from Future Joys by Half Waif

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When I look at you, eyes are closed.
I am terrified. I suppose it's
Natural not to know.
Terrible eyes are closing
On the repast I wanted.
I had to behave this way.

Come on, give me what I want.
When you closed the fist,
Never felt like this before.
Give me what I want.
Never once considered what I fell for.
Never once, never once, never once.

I once could count on you
To bring me joy, to bring me joy,
To bring me out.
The illness in those hills--
You kept me safe, you kept me safe,
You kept it out.

When you look at me, eyes are closed.
I know perfectly well I chose this.
On the inside of the eyelid, I live.
All I believe in is night and day,
Lost in the scheme of the light/shade.
I had to behave this way.

Come on, give me what I want.
When you closed the fist,
Never felt like this before.
Give me what I want.
Never once considered what I fell for.
Never once, never once, never once.

I once could count on you
To bring me joy, to bring me joy,
To bring me out.
The illness in those hills--
You kept me safe, you kept me safe,
You kept it out.
I once could count on you
To light the lamps, to light the lamps,
To fill the dark.
The illness in those hills
Flooded in, it flooded in and
It took me out.

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from Future Joys, released May 7, 2013

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