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C'est La Guerre

from Scarlet by Time and Place

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she says that we must make love and not make war and leave the rest for some god to sort but i disagree so fundamentally, i think we should protect ourselves from all three, while the best minds of my generation are now medicated and left to play tragic. some of us are in the gutter, yes, but some of us are staring at the stars, shaking fists, screaming "fuck this!"

and i used to think writing letters would help, when at every basement show i had your rebel hand to hold. i miss the truth in the protest songs we sang. i miss us. i miss everything. so if you want a noble profession or decide to keep the kid, if you want to throw a brick or just lay foundations with it, if you want to vote or just sleep through november days, just know that i will stay. some of us just can't be saved but some of us can and will, i guess that's just the struggle for these lucid dreams. i left america for the idea of you.

and that's the kind of thought that keeps me awake at night, chasing sleep with cheap whiskey to a symphony of typewriter keys and when the words come out, the meaning's changed, behind closed doors, turned backs and in between sheets we drive the knife in and turn it when we feel we need to leave. so i'll go quietly, turn it now so i can turn away. such a sad time it is sometimes to be the tragic hero in your own masterpiece.

but i saw it so clearly in a dream and awoke to you the next morning.

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from Scarlet, released January 15, 2011

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