Messes Of Men by MewithoutYou

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

Caught me making eyes at the other boatman's wives,
and heard me laughing louder at the jokes (9)________ by their daughters
I'd set my (10)____________ for land,
but you (11)________ understand
it (12)__________ a steady hand to navigate adulterous waters
The propeller's spinning blades held acquaintance with the waves
as there's mistakes I've (13)________ no (14)____________ could outrun
The cloth 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 (15)________ someone (16)________ me
but a few leagues off the shore, I bit a (17)________________ lure
and I assure you, it was not what I expected it to be!
I still taste its kiss, that dull (18)________ in my lip
is a memory as useless as a rod without a reel
To an anchor ever-dropped, (19)______________ yet still docked
Captain spotted napping with his first mate at the wheel,
floating forgetfully along, with no (20)________ to be strong
We keep our (21)______________________ long and (22)________ we (23)________ we keep it short

I drank 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 heavy ship of everything we knew
If (24)________ you (25)________ near I'll hold up high a mirror
Lord, I could (26)__________ show you anything as (27)__________________ as You

Answers: