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Welcome Home by Radical Face

Sleep don't visit, so I choke on sun, and the days (1)________ into one
And the backs of my eyes hum with things I've never done

Sheets are swaying from an old clothesline
Like a row of captured (2)____________ (3)________ old dead grass
Was never much, but we've made the most
Welcome home

Ships are (4)__________________ from my chest
Some have names but most do not
If you find one, please let me know what piece I've lost

Peel the (5)__________ from off my back
I don't need (6)________ anymore
You can throw them out or keep them in your (7)__________ jars
I've come home

All my nightmares escape my head
Bar the door, please don't let them in
You were (8)__________ supposed to leave
Now my head's splitting at the seams
And I don't know if I can

Here, beneath my lungs
I feel your thumbs
Press into my (9)________ again
Answers:
(1) blur(2) ghosts(3) over(4) launching(5) scars(6) them(7) mason(8) never(9) skin