you always said that this would be the last thing
but goodbye doesn't feel right, so, in it's place
i'll take your abandonment and do my best to walk away
plead with myself you weren't everything you meant to me
i'm stuck in this web of branches
i try to crawl out, they give way, they're breaking
so i hold tight to my tree
from where i stand you don't exist to me
you're deadweight
son, i told you you were violent, you should have listened
so here's a noose
i dropped it down to your tree
but i left it on a branch that you can't reach
you'll spend your whole life struggling for identity
remember when you said
you didn't want to effect anything?
well, i gave you your wish
i took your talent, i took your passion, and i left you empty
there's no legacy
you won't effect anything
i'll swing from every bridge, locked in the sway of time
i'll sleep in every home, weary of time passed by
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