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Eyes swollen shut.
Throat swollen shut.
This is your warning:
How far can you see in front of me?

I would rather lie because I don't feel I deserve apologies-
I've heard and said a lot already.
So, I'll just be nice.
Sometimes it's not enough just to be a beautiful dreamer.
Being awake is harder.

No one here knows that I'm naked.
No one here knows that I'm telling lies.
No one here knows that I'm swallowing smoke because you learnt well to close your eyes.

So act happy for me with a smile so wide your teeth shine as bright as the way you wish your life could be.
Soften your grip, for she is your blessed blood.
You are the reason her pulse beats.
You are the reason her heart speaks.

I don't know when you're naked.
I don't know when you're telling lies.
I don't know when you're swallowing smoke because I learnt well to close my eyes.

Why do you trust me?
I lost that in you three years ago, and I've seen the bad that I can be, and the good that you sometimes see in me.
With grins strung form our cheeks, we laugh shamelessly in our sleep.
We keep them closed.

No one here knows we're all naked.
No one here knows we're all telling lies.
No one here knows we're all swallowing smoke because we learnt well to close our naive eyes.

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from Sleeping in Pashminas, released March 10, 2015

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