do you remember the veils of codeine i sifted through?
i found my sleep, i found my sleep.
i used to sleep in rings of sunshine.
and every waking hour, i sat in a balmy haze.
the summer heat, the summer heat,
with dizzy fingers grasping lighters.
when drugged and fucked to exhaustion,
i'd sleep in trails of you:
and saw the seafoam inching up your legs
while creeps stared from the boardwalk.
golden skin was dancing in the sun,
and light streamed through your hair
to bend and touch the space between.
i was living in my codeine dreams.
and at night, i sometimes lost attention,
waiting for a breakthrough...
bleedthrough. i was bleeding through.
finding peace in blood and metal.
but healing was easy.
everything was easy in the summer.
plastic bags and bottles
cleaned of the sleeping pills left in the closet...
it took me so long to realize that this world is entirely white.
dressed in whiteness, pressed in white
to where i barely recognized you.
friends that braved the rocky weather crumble,
split like falling sand. i broke apart the perfect team.
i was living in my codeine dreams.
and as the world turns, we turn as well and grow apart.
i let you slip, i let you slip.
i let you slip through my grasping fingers.
in everything i do, i find i never think of you.
what's done is done. i can't go back.
i'll chalk it up to shitty timing.
try as we might, there's just some things that won't be undone...
so i hope you find some peace of mind,
and lose yourself in rays of sunshine.
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