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Welcome Home by Radical Face

Sleep don't visit, so I choke on sun, and the (1)________ blur (2)________ one
And the (3)__________ of my eyes hum with things I've (4)__________ done

Sheets are swaying (5)________ an old clothesline
Like a row of (6)________________ ghosts over old dead grass
Was (7)__________ much, but we've made the most
Welcome home

Ships are launching from my chest
Some have (8)__________ but (9)________ do not
If you find one, please let me know (10)________ piece I've lost

Peel the (11)__________ (12)________ off my back
I don't need (13)________ anymore
You can (14)__________ them out or keep (15)________ in your mason jars
I've (16)________ home

All my nightmares escape my head
Bar the door, please don't let (17)________ in
You were never supposed to leave
Now my head's (18)__________________ at the seams
And I don't know if I can

Here, (19)______________ my lungs
I (20)________ (21)________ thumbs
Press (22)________ my skin again
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