Messes Of Men by MewithoutYou

I do not exist, but (1)____________________ insist
Sailing in our separate ships
and from each tiny caravelle
Tiring and (2)____________ there's (3)______________________ dying
like the horseshoe crab in its proper seasons sheds its shell
Such distance from our friends
like a scratch across a lens,
made everything (4)________ (5)__________ from anywhere we stood
and our paper (6)________ (7)________ before we'd (8)________ the bay,
so half-blind we (9)__________ these songs on sheets of salty wood

Caught me making eyes at the (10)__________ 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 takes a (11)____________ hand to navigate (12)____________________ waters
The propeller's spinning blades held acquaintance with the waves
as there's mistakes I've made no rowing could outrun
The cloth blowing on the mast like to say I've got no past
but I'm (13)______________________ the librarian and secretary's son
with tarnish on my brass and mildew on my glass,
I'd (14)__________ (15)________ someone so crass as to want someone like me
but a few leagues off the shore, I bit a flashing lure
and I (16)____________ you, it was not what I expected it to be!
I (17)__________ (18)__________ its kiss, that dull (19)________ in my lip
is a (20)____________ as useless as a rod without a reel
To an anchor ever-dropped, seasick yet (21)__________ docked
Captain spotted napping with his first mate at the wheel,
floating forgetfully along, with no need to be strong
We keep our (22)______________________ long and (23)________ we pray we (24)________ it short

I (25)__________ a thimble full of fire and I'm not ever coming back

Oh, my God!

I do not exist we faithfully insist
while watching sink the (26)__________ ship of everything we knew
If (27)________ you come near I'll hold up high a mirror
Lord, I could never (28)________ you anything as (29)__________________ as You

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