Human the Death Dance
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On the face of her phone
Wileen programs a message to herself
so that when the alarm clock rings
the screen flashes:
EVERY DAY IS ONE DAY LESS.
EVERY DAY IS ONE DAY LESS.
Jordan.
Jordan tattoos the words
FORGIVE ME
in thick black letters
down the inside of his arm
so that when he looks at his wrist
he will remember not to hate himself so much.
What he keeps forgetting
is that there is life after survival.
After Dave left
Mary started sticking her face
between the film projector
and the movie screen
so that when the credits roll
she still gets to be somebody.
Whenever Tara's past comes back she mashes
chalk into the sidewalk
until her knuckles bleed.
She scribbles and scrapes
scribbles and scrapes
till the words take shape
and this is what they say
I wanna die muther****ers
die DIE muther****ers
hold tight if I love ya
cause it might not last long.
Y'all, we're all gonna die.
That's the exciting part.
It's learning how to live for a living,
that's the tricky stitch.
Just ask Denise
whose family taught her when she came into this world
that Family equals Love
so Denise took that **** seriously
but after a lifetime of craving acceptance from their cruelty
she now finds herself jamming Polaroid pictures of these people into her typewriter
and pounding out the last letter of the word mercy
over and over and over again.
She strikes the key Y.
Y Y Y Y Y?
The answer?
The answer comes in the form of a handwritten letter from the moon.
It reads:
This is brutally beautiful.
So are we.
This is endless.
So are we.
We can heal this.
Signed,
Crater Face
P.S. See me for who I am.
We've got work to do.
But my father
he didn't read moon
he didn't speak moon
and he didn't write moon
so there was no letter found next to his body in the garage
when he chose to leave this place on purpose
without saying where he was goin' or why.
There are still days you can catch me
tape recording eternal silence
and playing it backwards for an empty room
so I can listen to his dieing wish
shh.
Yes,
it's true,
the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree,
but my family tree
was in an orchard on a hill
that rolled me to the river
and that river
ripped me through the rapids
and those rapids
rushed me into this moment
right here right now
with you
at the mouth.
This is my church.
And if church is a house of healing
hallelujah welcome
come in as you are
have a look around
stay out of the porn.
There are massive stacks of bad choices in my backyard.
Haven't finished cleaning the place up
but I'm workin' on it
and clearly I have not yet reached enlightenment
for more than a fleeting moment
but I'm tryin'
and I found somethin' here I want ya to have.
It's not much
just a story
but it's all I've got
so take it.
It's called Dillon.
Dillon's drug of choice was more
so Dillon took more
and more and more and more
until the day he woke up
babbling in a pool of his own traffic jam
realizing he was killing off the best parts of himself
and claiming he could read peoples' skin.
When Dillon looked down at his heart flap
the skin read Boy, go find your spine and ride it outta here.
Wileen's gut said Day 1.
Jordan's arms were FULLY FORGIVEN.
Mary's face: The Endless.
Tara's knuckles: Healing.
Denise's fingertip said see?
And my smile
Dillon said my smile it said Fix it
so I came here to the mouth of the river
to look at my own reflection in the moonlight
and see what it says for myself
down my whole body
where it is written
in the skin
says
P.S.
See me for who I am.
We've got work to do.
As for Crater Face,
I don't speak for that guy
His skin
is a brutally beautiful
handwritten letter
from the sun.
Wileen programs a message to herself
so that when the alarm clock rings
the screen flashes:
EVERY DAY IS ONE DAY LESS.
EVERY DAY IS ONE DAY LESS.
Jordan.
Jordan tattoos the words
FORGIVE ME
in thick black letters
down the inside of his arm
so that when he looks at his wrist
he will remember not to hate himself so much.
What he keeps forgetting
is that there is life after survival.
After Dave left
Mary started sticking her face
between the film projector
and the movie screen
so that when the credits roll
she still gets to be somebody.
Whenever Tara's past comes back she mashes
chalk into the sidewalk
until her knuckles bleed.
She scribbles and scrapes
scribbles and scrapes
till the words take shape
and this is what they say
I wanna die muther****ers
die DIE muther****ers
hold tight if I love ya
cause it might not last long.
Y'all, we're all gonna die.
That's the exciting part.
It's learning how to live for a living,
that's the tricky stitch.
Just ask Denise
whose family taught her when she came into this world
that Family equals Love
so Denise took that **** seriously
but after a lifetime of craving acceptance from their cruelty
she now finds herself jamming Polaroid pictures of these people into her typewriter
and pounding out the last letter of the word mercy
over and over and over again.
She strikes the key Y.
Y Y Y Y Y?
The answer?
The answer comes in the form of a handwritten letter from the moon.
It reads:
This is brutally beautiful.
So are we.
This is endless.
So are we.
We can heal this.
Signed,
Crater Face
P.S. See me for who I am.
We've got work to do.
But my father
he didn't read moon
he didn't speak moon
and he didn't write moon
so there was no letter found next to his body in the garage
when he chose to leave this place on purpose
without saying where he was goin' or why.
There are still days you can catch me
tape recording eternal silence
and playing it backwards for an empty room
so I can listen to his dieing wish
shh.
Yes,
it's true,
the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree,
but my family tree
was in an orchard on a hill
that rolled me to the river
and that river
ripped me through the rapids
and those rapids
rushed me into this moment
right here right now
with you
at the mouth.
This is my church.
And if church is a house of healing
hallelujah welcome
come in as you are
have a look around
stay out of the porn.
There are massive stacks of bad choices in my backyard.
Haven't finished cleaning the place up
but I'm workin' on it
and clearly I have not yet reached enlightenment
for more than a fleeting moment
but I'm tryin'
and I found somethin' here I want ya to have.
It's not much
just a story
but it's all I've got
so take it.
It's called Dillon.
Dillon's drug of choice was more
so Dillon took more
and more and more and more
until the day he woke up
babbling in a pool of his own traffic jam
realizing he was killing off the best parts of himself
and claiming he could read peoples' skin.
When Dillon looked down at his heart flap
the skin read Boy, go find your spine and ride it outta here.
Wileen's gut said Day 1.
Jordan's arms were FULLY FORGIVEN.
Mary's face: The Endless.
Tara's knuckles: Healing.
Denise's fingertip said see?
And my smile
Dillon said my smile it said Fix it
so I came here to the mouth of the river
to look at my own reflection in the moonlight
and see what it says for myself
down my whole body
where it is written
in the skin
says
P.S.
See me for who I am.
We've got work to do.
As for Crater Face,
I don't speak for that guy
His skin
is a brutally beautiful
handwritten letter
from the sun.
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:16.70] On the face of her phone
[00:19.48] Wileen programs a message to herself
[00:21.35] so that when the alarm clock rings
[00:23.12] the screen flashes:
[00:24.90] EVERY DAY IS ONE DAY LESS.
[00:27.65] EVERY DAY IS ONE DAY LESS.
[00:31.21] Jordan.
[00:32.17] Jordan tattoos the words
[00:33.01] FORGIVE ME
[00:33.97] in thick black letters
[00:34.88] down the inside of his arm
[00:36.69] so that when he looks at his wrist
[00:37.67] he will remember not to hate himself so much.
[00:42.10] What he keeps forgetting
[00:43.93] is that there is life after survival.
[00:49.31] After Dave left
[00:50.21] Mary started sticking her face
[00:52.08] between the film projector
[00:53.00] and the movie screen
[00:53.95] so that when the credits roll
[00:54.85] she still gets to be somebody.
[00:59.35] Whenever Tara's past comes back she mashes
[01:01.15] chalk into the sidewalk
[01:02.98] until her knuckles bleed.
[01:03.82] She scribbles and scrapes
[01:05.62] scribbles and scrapes
[01:06.53] till the words take shape
[01:07.48] and this is what they say
[01:09.23] I wanna die muther****ers
[01:12.00] die DIE muther****ers
[01:12.92] hold tight if I love ya
[01:14.74] cause it might not last long.
[01:16.58] Y'all, we're all gonna die.
[01:23.87] That's the exciting part.
[01:26.55] It's learning how to live for a living,
[01:29.29] that's the tricky stitch.
[01:31.93] Just ask Denise
[01:32.87] whose family taught her when she came into this world
[01:35.56] that Family equals Love
[01:38.35] so Denise took that **** seriously
[01:41.03] but after a lifetime of craving acceptance from their cruelty
[01:44.65] she now finds herself jamming Polaroid pictures of these people into her typewriter
[01:50.04] and pounding out the last letter of the word mercy
[01:51.90] over and over and over again.
[01:53.76] She strikes the key Y.
[01:54.67] Y Y Y Y Y?
[01:57.31] The answer?
[01:58.28] The answer comes in the form of a handwritten letter from the moon.
[02:02.75] It reads:
[02:03.61] This is brutally beautiful.
[02:07.33] So are we.
[02:08.22] This is endless.
[02:10.97] So are we.
[02:13.69] We can heal this.
[02:17.29] Signed,
[02:19.19] Crater Face
[02:20.02] P.S. See me for who I am.
[02:20.94] We've got work to do.
[02:24.58] But my father
[02:25.46] he didn't read moon
[02:27.24] he didn't speak moon
[02:29.00] and he didn't write moon
[02:30.00] so there was no letter found next to his body in the garage
[02:31.93] when he chose to leave this place on purpose
[02:34.69] without saying where he was goin' or why.
[02:37.46] There are still days you can catch me
[02:40.13] tape recording eternal silence
[02:41.91] and playing it backwards for an empty room
[02:44.62] so I can listen to his dieing wish
[02:46.49] shh.
[02:49.27] Yes,
[02:51.95] it's true,
[02:53.74] the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree,
[03:00.01] but my family tree
[03:02.75] was in an orchard on a hill
[03:03.70] that rolled me to the river
[03:05.58] and that river
[03:06.46] ripped me through the rapids
[03:07.38] and those rapids
[03:08.24] rushed me into this moment
[03:10.08] right here right now
[03:10.92] with you
[03:11.85] at the mouth.
[03:12.76] This is my church.
[03:14.51] And if church is a house of healing
[03:16.35] hallelujah welcome
[03:18.15] come in as you are
[03:20.03] have a look around
[03:20.98] stay out of the porn.
[03:27.24] There are massive stacks of bad choices in my backyard.
[03:32.69] Haven't finished cleaning the place up
[03:35.42] but I'm workin' on it
[03:36.34] and clearly I have not yet reached enlightenment
[03:37.28] for more than a fleeting moment
[03:38.15] but I'm tryin'
[03:39.03] and I found somethin' here I want ya to have.
[03:39.93] It's not much
[03:40.88] just a story
[03:41.75] but it's all I've got
[03:43.55] so take it.
[03:45.37] It's called Dillon.
[03:48.02] Dillon's drug of choice was more
[03:50.71] so Dillon took more
[03:51.61] and more and more and more
[03:52.64] until the day he woke up
[03:53.56] babbling in a pool of his own traffic jam
[03:56.22] realizing he was killing off the best parts of himself
[03:59.82] and claiming he could read peoples' skin.
[04:02.53] When Dillon looked down at his heart flap
[04:03.41] the skin read Boy, go find your spine and ride it outta here.
[04:08.07] Wileen's gut said Day 1.
[04:09.82] Jordan's arms were FULLY FORGIVEN.
[04:13.43] Mary's face: The Endless.
[04:15.23] Tara's knuckles: Healing.
[04:17.08] Denise's fingertip said see?
[04:19.76] And my smile
[04:22.59] Dillon said my smile it said Fix it
[04:23.35] so I came here to the mouth of the river
[04:26.19] to look at my own reflection in the moonlight
[04:28.87] and see what it says for myself
[04:30.68] down my whole body
[04:32.48] where it is written
[04:33.30] in the skin
[04:35.23] says
[04:36.17] P.S.
[04:37.06] See me for who I am.
[04:37.96] We've got work to do.
[04:38.81] As for Crater Face,
[04:40.64] I don't speak for that guy
[04:43.32] His skin
[04:46.17] is a brutally beautiful
[04:47.91] handwritten letter
[04:50.65] from the sun.
[04:56.08]
[00:19.48] Wileen programs a message to herself
[00:21.35] so that when the alarm clock rings
[00:23.12] the screen flashes:
[00:24.90] EVERY DAY IS ONE DAY LESS.
[00:27.65] EVERY DAY IS ONE DAY LESS.
[00:31.21] Jordan.
[00:32.17] Jordan tattoos the words
[00:33.01] FORGIVE ME
[00:33.97] in thick black letters
[00:34.88] down the inside of his arm
[00:36.69] so that when he looks at his wrist
[00:37.67] he will remember not to hate himself so much.
[00:42.10] What he keeps forgetting
[00:43.93] is that there is life after survival.
[00:49.31] After Dave left
[00:50.21] Mary started sticking her face
[00:52.08] between the film projector
[00:53.00] and the movie screen
[00:53.95] so that when the credits roll
[00:54.85] she still gets to be somebody.
[00:59.35] Whenever Tara's past comes back she mashes
[01:01.15] chalk into the sidewalk
[01:02.98] until her knuckles bleed.
[01:03.82] She scribbles and scrapes
[01:05.62] scribbles and scrapes
[01:06.53] till the words take shape
[01:07.48] and this is what they say
[01:09.23] I wanna die muther****ers
[01:12.00] die DIE muther****ers
[01:12.92] hold tight if I love ya
[01:14.74] cause it might not last long.
[01:16.58] Y'all, we're all gonna die.
[01:23.87] That's the exciting part.
[01:26.55] It's learning how to live for a living,
[01:29.29] that's the tricky stitch.
[01:31.93] Just ask Denise
[01:32.87] whose family taught her when she came into this world
[01:35.56] that Family equals Love
[01:38.35] so Denise took that **** seriously
[01:41.03] but after a lifetime of craving acceptance from their cruelty
[01:44.65] she now finds herself jamming Polaroid pictures of these people into her typewriter
[01:50.04] and pounding out the last letter of the word mercy
[01:51.90] over and over and over again.
[01:53.76] She strikes the key Y.
[01:54.67] Y Y Y Y Y?
[01:57.31] The answer?
[01:58.28] The answer comes in the form of a handwritten letter from the moon.
[02:02.75] It reads:
[02:03.61] This is brutally beautiful.
[02:07.33] So are we.
[02:08.22] This is endless.
[02:10.97] So are we.
[02:13.69] We can heal this.
[02:17.29] Signed,
[02:19.19] Crater Face
[02:20.02] P.S. See me for who I am.
[02:20.94] We've got work to do.
[02:24.58] But my father
[02:25.46] he didn't read moon
[02:27.24] he didn't speak moon
[02:29.00] and he didn't write moon
[02:30.00] so there was no letter found next to his body in the garage
[02:31.93] when he chose to leave this place on purpose
[02:34.69] without saying where he was goin' or why.
[02:37.46] There are still days you can catch me
[02:40.13] tape recording eternal silence
[02:41.91] and playing it backwards for an empty room
[02:44.62] so I can listen to his dieing wish
[02:46.49] shh.
[02:49.27] Yes,
[02:51.95] it's true,
[02:53.74] the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree,
[03:00.01] but my family tree
[03:02.75] was in an orchard on a hill
[03:03.70] that rolled me to the river
[03:05.58] and that river
[03:06.46] ripped me through the rapids
[03:07.38] and those rapids
[03:08.24] rushed me into this moment
[03:10.08] right here right now
[03:10.92] with you
[03:11.85] at the mouth.
[03:12.76] This is my church.
[03:14.51] And if church is a house of healing
[03:16.35] hallelujah welcome
[03:18.15] come in as you are
[03:20.03] have a look around
[03:20.98] stay out of the porn.
[03:27.24] There are massive stacks of bad choices in my backyard.
[03:32.69] Haven't finished cleaning the place up
[03:35.42] but I'm workin' on it
[03:36.34] and clearly I have not yet reached enlightenment
[03:37.28] for more than a fleeting moment
[03:38.15] but I'm tryin'
[03:39.03] and I found somethin' here I want ya to have.
[03:39.93] It's not much
[03:40.88] just a story
[03:41.75] but it's all I've got
[03:43.55] so take it.
[03:45.37] It's called Dillon.
[03:48.02] Dillon's drug of choice was more
[03:50.71] so Dillon took more
[03:51.61] and more and more and more
[03:52.64] until the day he woke up
[03:53.56] babbling in a pool of his own traffic jam
[03:56.22] realizing he was killing off the best parts of himself
[03:59.82] and claiming he could read peoples' skin.
[04:02.53] When Dillon looked down at his heart flap
[04:03.41] the skin read Boy, go find your spine and ride it outta here.
[04:08.07] Wileen's gut said Day 1.
[04:09.82] Jordan's arms were FULLY FORGIVEN.
[04:13.43] Mary's face: The Endless.
[04:15.23] Tara's knuckles: Healing.
[04:17.08] Denise's fingertip said see?
[04:19.76] And my smile
[04:22.59] Dillon said my smile it said Fix it
[04:23.35] so I came here to the mouth of the river
[04:26.19] to look at my own reflection in the moonlight
[04:28.87] and see what it says for myself
[04:30.68] down my whole body
[04:32.48] where it is written
[04:33.30] in the skin
[04:35.23] says
[04:36.17] P.S.
[04:37.06] See me for who I am.
[04:37.96] We've got work to do.
[04:38.81] As for Crater Face,
[04:40.64] I don't speak for that guy
[04:43.32] His skin
[04:46.17] is a brutally beautiful
[04:47.91] handwritten letter
[04:50.65] from the sun.
[04:56.08]