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You Don't Mean Anything Anymore

from Autobiography EP by Boy Without God

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Getting over it.

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I saw you break the heart of every soldier
send them aching off to war or someplace colder
and I was cool and calm we sang a leonard cohen song together
and from a thousand shaking towers I watched you two come together
and fall apart
like a wave, or an echo, or a premonition

someone told me lies and broke my shoulder
while I watched on a television screen
and I was wild-eyed I rode into the rising tide whistling
and hearing of my gift of song the mermaids swam from miles off to devour me
but I cried no, I cannot rest in your beds, too soon it will snow

I once fell for a girl who wanted only
to live her own life backwards and flipped over
she said when you’re born upside down you spend your life tying things to the ceiling
and wondering as they shatter on the ground is it myself or god I’m deceiving
I said “we’re all building castles out of cards”
she said “I must be leaving”

and on a subway car I found your secret
written on a sticker among graffiti
I can’t believe I missed it for so long, I felt a fool, it was so obvious
it said every single song that has been written since the dawn of man was about you
you’re the muse, and I place this humble tune at your feet, and I turn and walk into the dunes

you have my number if you ever
need a scapegoat or a lover
remember I’m never any further than the seagull from the ocean
but even as I say this I can see your mind is clear your eyes are closing
oh well
I wish you all the best and a long road to hell

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from Autobiography EP, released January 1, 2007

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