Messes Of Men by MewithoutYou
I do not exist, but (1)____________________ insist
Sailing in our separate ships
and from (2)________ tiny caravelle
Tiring and trying there's unnecessary dying
like the (3)__________________ (4)________ in its proper seasons sheds its shell
Such distance from our friends
like a (5)______________ (6)____________ a lens,
made everything look (7)__________ from anywhere we stood
and our paper blew away (8)____________ we'd left the bay,
so half-blind we wrote (9)__________ songs on sheets of salty wood
Caught me making (10)________ at the other boatman's wives,
and heard me (11)________________ louder at the jokes told by their daughters
I'd set my (12)____________ for land,
but you well understand
it (13)__________ a steady (14)________ to navigate (15)____________________ waters
The propeller's spinning blades held (16)________________________ with the waves
as there's mistakes I've made no rowing could outrun
The (17)__________ blowing on the mast like to say I've got no past
but I'm nonetheless the librarian and secretary's son
with tarnish on my brass and mildew on my glass,
I'd never want someone so crass as to want someone like me
but a few (18)______________ off the shore, I bit a flashing lure
and I assure you, it was not (19)________ I expected it to be!
I (20)__________ (21)__________ its kiss, that dull hook in my lip
is a memory as useless as a rod without a reel
To an anchor ever-dropped, seasick yet still docked
Captain spotted napping with his first mate at the wheel,
floating forgetfully along, with no need to be strong
We keep our confessions long and when we pray we keep it short
I drank a thimble full of (22)________ and I'm not ever coming back
Oh, my God!
I do not exist we (23)____________________ insist
while (24)________________ sink the heavy ship of everything we knew
If ever you come near I'll hold up high a mirror
Lord, I (25)__________ never show you anything as (26)__________________ as You
Sailing in our separate ships
and from (2)________ tiny caravelle
Tiring and trying there's unnecessary dying
like the (3)__________________ (4)________ in its proper seasons sheds its shell
Such distance from our friends
like a (5)______________ (6)____________ a lens,
made everything look (7)__________ from anywhere we stood
and our paper blew away (8)____________ we'd left the bay,
so half-blind we wrote (9)__________ songs on sheets of salty wood
Caught me making (10)________ at the other boatman's wives,
and heard me (11)________________ louder at the jokes told by their daughters
I'd set my (12)____________ for land,
but you well understand
it (13)__________ a steady (14)________ to navigate (15)____________________ waters
The propeller's spinning blades held (16)________________________ with the waves
as there's mistakes I've made no rowing could outrun
The (17)__________ blowing on the mast like to say I've got no past
but I'm nonetheless the librarian and secretary's son
with tarnish on my brass and mildew on my glass,
I'd never want someone so crass as to want someone like me
but a few (18)______________ off the shore, I bit a flashing lure
and I assure you, it was not (19)________ I expected it to be!
I (20)__________ (21)__________ its kiss, that dull hook in my lip
is a memory as useless as a rod without a reel
To an anchor ever-dropped, seasick yet still docked
Captain spotted napping with his first mate at the wheel,
floating forgetfully along, with no need to be strong
We keep our confessions long and when we pray we keep it short
I drank a thimble full of (22)________ and I'm not ever coming back
Oh, my God!
I do not exist we (23)____________________ insist
while (24)________________ sink the heavy ship of everything we knew
If ever you come near I'll hold up high a mirror
Lord, I (25)__________ never show you anything as (26)__________________ as You
Respuestas:
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