when the hot lead exits the back of the ribcage
the talk back stops as the bang of the shot rings out
stop this now
coffins soft when they tossed in the ground
caught in a frown
stuck in a town
list of reasons not to just turn around
but often it’s found that down on your luck’s just the eye of your very own storm, no sound
i think of the way that your limbs must have felt
losing all the feeling in your fingertips
i think of the way that your body would slouch, hunched over
i’m not sure how to be okay with this
the house is on fire and i’m growing tired of using my tears to fill buckets to fight it
the silence is violent
the tyrants are giants, and everything’s stacked against us- why deny it?
but you were outside
you saw the life leave the body of christ and float up toward the high leaves
i think of you nightly
a list of my fears
i’ll be older than my older sister in less than 3 years
CHORUS
i don’t want to fly, i don’t want to fly
i just want to float
i don’t want to die, i don’t want to die
i just want to go
i don’t want to fly, i just want to die
*SON THE RHEMIC*
fly on through
i don’t want to die
what’s the cost of this phone, what’s the cost of my life?
silent sigh- lullabies
with a breathe that’s so soft and quiet like mine
i crawled into the sky
let me lay all alone, come on home when it’s time
credits
from NKNGS,
released November 4, 2017
Lyrics by NKNGS & Son The Rhemic
Beat by wvmkr
Vocal Engineering by NKNGS
Mixing by NKNGS
Mastering by Josh Penaluna
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