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A Small Life

from Dead And Loving It by Bad History Month

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lyrics

A Small Life

Living a small life.
Lost and afraid,
in a safe,
familiar place.

It’s boring here.

But when the world
graciously offers to change,
I hope it stays the same.

Spending the daylight dreading the setting sun,
because I slept too late,
and the nights dreading the coming light,
because the dark feels safe.

Reading an old book,
I walked through an ancient house
alone,
pleasantly surprised
by my own familiar face,
sketched in dust
on an empty mirror,
by a long gone hand.

I laughed
and
disappeared...

Suddenly bursting from the earth,
calmly inhaling the fresh night air
in a dimly lit graveyard.

Walking out into the world,
covered in dirt, feeling clean,
being guided by the light of a long-dead star.

Feeling grateful for my leisurely chores,
at ease,
enjoying life at the grocery store.

Floating just above the heat of the crowd,
untouched but still attached,
both feet on the ground.

A balloon bouncing across the ceiling…
dragged by my three year old hand,
affording a comfortable feeling,
everything according to plan.
Then it hit the light,
and I heard the sound of a bubble bursting
and I hit the ground.

Age 9, a Mel Gibson fan, screaming “FREEDOM!”
at the top of my lungs,
jumping off a high dive.
And then age 25, saying,
“Yeah, but what’s Freedom mean without Risk?”
Locked in a safe…
(Chickenheart.)

credits

from Dead And Loving It, released November 3, 2017

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