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Welcome Home by Radical Face

Sleep don't visit, so I (1)__________ on sun, and the days (2)________ 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 (3)____________ over old (4)________ grass
Was never much, but we've (5)________ the most
Welcome home

Ships are launching from my chest
Some (6)________ names but most do not
If you find one, please let me know what piece I've lost

Peel the (7)__________ from off my back
I don't need (8)________ anymore
You can throw (9)________ out or keep them in your mason jars
I've come home

All my nightmares escape my head
Bar the door, please don't let (10)________ in
You were never 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 skin again
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