Messes Of Men by MewithoutYou

I do not exist, but faithfully insist
Sailing in our separate ships
and from each (1)________ caravelle
Tiring and trying there's unnecessary dying
like the horseshoe crab in its proper seasons sheds its shell
Such distance from our friends
like a scratch across a lens,
made (2)____________________ (3)________ (4)__________ from anywhere we stood
and our paper blew away before we'd left the bay,
so half-blind we wrote these songs on sheets of salty wood

Caught me making eyes at the other boatman's wives,
and (5)__________ me laughing louder at the jokes told by their daughters
I'd set my course for land,
but you well understand
it takes a steady hand to navigate (6)____________________ waters
The propeller's (7)________________ blades held acquaintance (8)________ the waves
as there's mistakes I've made no (9)____________ could outrun
The cloth blowing on the mast like to say I've got no past
but I'm (10)______________________ the librarian and secretary's son
with tarnish on my brass and mildew on my glass,
I'd never want (11)______________ so (12)__________ as to (13)________ someone like me
but a few leagues off the shore, I bit a flashing lure
and I assure you, it was not what I (14)________________ it to be!
I still taste 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 (15)________ at the wheel,
floating forgetfully along, (16)________ no need to be strong
We keep our (17)______________________ long and when we pray we keep it short

I drank a thimble full of (18)________ and I'm not (19)________ (20)____________ back

Oh, my God!

I do not exist we (21)____________________ insist
while watching sink the heavy ship of (22)____________________ we knew
If (23)________ you (24)________ near I'll (25)________ up high a mirror
Lord, I could never show you anything as beautiful as You

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