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Prairie Dog Cities

May 19, 2019
By Anonymous

There and not again

I see you here within

My mind’s eye forests reel

They grow around me and I feel


Lost in a crowd

Gone and then found

Wandering deserts

And prairie dog fields


CHORUS:

Break me like a camel’s back

And stop my heart as my ribs crack

Endless crises sweep away

The safety I knew

Yesterday...


The city seems small

I’m not there at all

And then the universe collapses

Into firing synapses…


BRIDGE:

In between the lines I find

Empty answers, pyrite shine

Lemme take a break before

The existential efforts of

Finding a way out of here


CHORUS:

Break me like a camel’s back

And stop my heart as my ribs crack

While endless crises sweep away

The safety I knew

Yesterday…


And this endless journey

Brings me back to nothing again

There’s deserts between you & me

And oceans of time to cross them


CHORUS:

Break me like a camel’s back

And stop my heart as my ribs crack

While endless crises sweep away

The safety I knew

Yesterday...


The author's comments:

This was written for a friend. I hope to perform it soon with them. I don't know exactly what it's about, but it's sad and sweet, and I hope you enjoy the lyrics.


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