I was listening to the bleeding edge of emo before emo was cool. Can you tell?
The cut is deep and the gash is wide.
Oh my soul, what have I done to you?
I thought this parting would burn inside,
but I never knew. I never knew.
With all deliberate speed I will run away.
Deny myself the need, let it get away.
This is the curse of heart made to beat
with all deliberate speed.
The gully’s long and the gulf is wide.
Oh dear heart, I never meant to be
so complicated and full of pride.
But guess you see. Yes, you see.
With all my fairy tales I will run away.
If my vision fails I will crawl away.
This is the curse of a head made to ache
with all deliberate speed.
The fall is here and the call is long.
Oh your voice. Good to hear it again.
I thought you’d conquer. I know you’re strong.
Are you happy, then? Happy again?
With all deliberate words I will let you down.
But were those tears I heard or just another frown?
Call it theft or murder, it isn’t right to say.
Call it cruel to hurt her in such deliberate ways.
But I mean to cut not kill.
Blame the coffee, the lack of skill.
I won’t foot the bill. I don’t fit the bill.
The space between in the place we mean
to atone for the damage done.
This is my pardon. I killed the queen,
but you bought the gun. I’m not the one.
With all deliberate speed I will run away.
Deny what I have seen, let it get away.
This is the curse of mind made to race
at all deliberate speed.
The end has come. I will send you some
of my thoughts and my new-found view.
I’m not so perfect but not so dumb
to return to you. I learned from you.
With all deliberate speed I will fall away.
Call it vice. I call it a holiday.
This is the last song I write for you
and your deliberate speed.
The pain and the silence. The stain of the violence.
Goodbye. I never meant to be yours.
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