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Thought For Food don't make my stomach grumble
where i'll only need to eat again
God,
why do i need to eat again?
don't make the birds
come to life
dont call the sun
through the night
dont run the dew
to the sky
on green leaves is
where they should stay
and right here still can i lay forever?
dont make mom open her eyes
where she'll only want to close them again
don't make that man come inside
where he'll only want to take me back there
to that place
i hate
where mom cries
held down
where i'm next
crying now
do you see
me here?
please
don't make the birds
come to life
dont call the sun
through the night
dont run the dew
to the sky
on green leaves is
where they should stay
and right here still can i lay forever?
dont let dad get so angry
where he'll only want to take out his gun
don't make him lay by the tree
where my only brother was placed last year
from that place
i hate
where mom cried
held down
i was next
crying now
do you see
me here?
please
don't make the birds
come to life
dont call the sun
through the night
dont run the dew
to the sky
on green leaves is
where they should stay
and on this straw can i lay forever?
and though its bad, it is somehow better
then hours ahead, so if time could just stop
let them all rest, and if i could just watch
let them all rest, and if i could just watch
don't make the birds
come to life
dont call the sun
through the night
dont run the dew
to the sky
on the leaves is
where they should stay
on the leaves is
where they should stay
on the leaves is
where they should stay
shadowed leaves sway
carry on now
forever
