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Crazy

I guess the day you accept you’re crazy is the day you find peace. Nothing else matters, that kind of shit. Everybody’s crazy, you know.

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Connected

It isn’t really knowledge we crave When we surf the electronic, infinite wave We want to show, but we say share We’ll say anything, anywhere

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Letter from an old man

The times, they are a-changin’, and your old man can barely keep up with them. Everything moves so fast, and I… I feel so slow.

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Lifeguard

Hanging in there while they stop and stare Isn’t there at least one lifeguard in the crowd? This kid’s in too deep, he’s about to drown In a pool of dark brown pricy poison

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The edge of the world

Last night I sat at the edge of the world And I looked in silence at the hands of time They were playing with life Creating and destroying all of the things we know

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The lovely death of warmth

Temperature on that autumn day was at its most bittersweet Cool, soft breeze, no jacket needed But you knew it wouldn't last

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Tombstone

I know it’s been a damn long while since you saw me around these parts. Here, I brought you flowers.

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Try

Listen, I know it ain’t easy. I know the tears come more often than we’d like them to. And I won’t lie to you: it won’t get any easier.

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Why I love hip-hop

The first time I heard a rapper brag I wasn’t much bigger than my school bag Twelve and I had just lost my dad

Do not give up

What suicide, love, writing, my job, my anxiety and breaking my spine taught me.

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