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 (2)________ in its proper seasons sheds its shell
Such (3)________________ from our friends
like a scratch across a lens,
made (4)____________________ look wrong 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 heard me laughing louder at the jokes told by their daughters
I'd set my course for land,
but you well understand
it (5)__________ a steady hand to navigate adulterous waters
The propeller's spinning blades held (6)________________________ (7)________ the waves
as there's (8)________________ I've made no rowing could outrun
The cloth blowing on the mast (9)________ to say I've got no past
but I'm (10)______________________ the librarian and secretary's son
with tarnish on my brass and (11)____________ on my glass,
I'd (12)__________ want (13)______________ so crass as to want someone like me
but a few leagues off the shore, I bit a flashing lure
and I assure you, it was not what I expected it to be!
I (14)__________ taste its kiss, that dull hook in my lip
is a memory as useless as a rod without a reel
To an (15)____________ ever-dropped, seasick yet still docked
Captain spotted (16)______________ with his first mate at the wheel,
floating forgetfully along, with no need to be strong
We keep our confessions long and (17)________ we (18)________ we keep it short

I (19)__________ a (20)______________ (21)________ of fire and I'm not ever coming back

Oh, my God!

I do not exist we faithfully insist
while watching sink the heavy ship of (22)____________________ we knew
If ever you (23)________ near I'll (24)________ up high a mirror
Lord, I could (25)__________ show you (26)________________ as (27)__________________ as You

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