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Oh Child

from French Toast by Custer

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oh child, will you lay me down in the light of your sweet crown
oh child, will you find my heart, leave me my eyes and a running start
oh soul, bloated and black, you cannot lose the things you lack
oh soul, just let me be; let me rest, let me sleep

punish me and throw away everything I hold dear
though I bruise your fragile cheekbones hold me tight and hold me near
for I'm lost and out of place, drowning in nausea and regret
and if there's some way to stop myself I haven't found it yet

lay me down beneath the dogwood where the bark is brown with rot
let my spirit fill your ear with the things my breathing self forgot
tell me lies about my beauty, tell me truths about my sin
and I'll fool myself into thinking that we can start again

I'll light a candle for myself and a cigarette for you
sitting in the chalk outlines you left behind as you walked through
the rows of houses with a halo and veins filled with your disease
how can someone so far away still speak through these trees

I can't recall the first long whispers of your dolor in my spine
I can't remember silken fingers or the sand crushed in your eyes
I don't know the air that wrapped you trailing oil spills in the heat
but lifetimes later I can hear your voice and shoot up your defeat

and you may never know my name
but you might have saved my life
as the ashes pile around my ankles
I wonder if you're alright
are you alright?

oh child, will you burn my wrists and let the scars never exist
oh child, did you lead me here, cut my cord, and drink my tears?
oh love, never go away; let me sit, let me stay
oh love, will you let me know how you're doing buried under the snow

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from French Toast, released January 21, 2014

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