The Language Of Injury, by Ithaca (2024)

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Where, where did we go?Disappointed but we can’t pretend that we had no warningFinished, with nothing to show butSatisfaction in the miscarriage of the poor performingWhat would you know?Where did we, where did we go?What will we say, to those who came before usAnd those who'll followDon’t look back, deny the ones that we held closeBe still and know that they’re the ones who love you mostWho love you most

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CompanionA passenger in the back seatFingertips brush your eyelidsA gift from the past is no presentWhen you’re sitting on your handsOh if you’re so tired why can’t you sleep at night?Oh if you’re so lonely why is your jaw so tight?Oh if you’re so afraid then why can’t you turn on the f*cking light?Turn it onTurn on the lightTurn it onNow i’m so illuminatedIf you’re so bright, how don’t you know, how don’t you know?A gift from the past is presentationAffection is an affectation

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Born in a houseMade of broken boneDeep in the foundationsGrow flowers between stoneThis is for you and your shamePlease tell me was it fear that kept you here or was it just commiseration? Divided by our painWe are the sum of our mistakesStolen days, i’ll die as a debtorNever good enough but you couldn’t do any betterCold and carelessI swear i felt it onceOld but endlessI live a life unlovedI swear i felt it once

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Never again, never, never againAm i buried in the black of a nameHow can you say this is punishment for my crimes?How can i justifyWaiting for the feelingPinned down by your expectationSacrificing beingMyself a little moreWatch you disappearingWanting you to take me with youSmile if you can hear me say iWasted it all on you(Time slowly betraysAnd now i take what i’m owed)Time slowly betrays, it betrays every one of usAnd now i take what i’m owed, now i take what i'm owedOh god it feels like so long agoTime slowly betrays, has nobody told you, has nobody told you?I never did enough and now it’s timeTo make me part with yours and mineNever again, never, never againAm i buried in the black of a nameHow can you say this is punishment for my crimes?Oh god i’ve wasted it all on youOh god i’ve wastedIt all on you

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Clear the air I try to stay awakeSo i know what i missedSuspended inExhaustion that sleep can’t fixNights are getting longerBut light creeps through the cracksRememberingHearing everything i lackI lost my left hand to the rightEverything that was right left me againNothing you say moves meAlpha waves and centuriesYears and years of feeding yourDependance on vocabularyOnly when i’m sleepingDoes it sound like leaving?Exiting the one way inI know you find meaning inVerbalising the verbotenOnly when i’m sleepingDoes it sound like leaving?I made soundBut what do you have to say now?Clear the air(Nothing you say moves meYou’re not what you said you’d be)

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The closer i get to you the FartherYou areYou’ve been running for so long do you RememberWhat from?It’s not like us to commit to a FormalSubmissionThe closer i get to you the farther away you goThe pavements overflowedWhen they knew we were trying to get homeYou are the raindrops on the glazeBut i don’t cry much these daysYou are the mist before the dawnBut i don’t wake up early anymoreCloserGet closerThe pavements overflowedWe held our hands up highReconstituted safetyFor those you left behindThe closer i getCloser

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The dust gets heavierI’m digging for treasureOne foot in the grave isWorth two in the netherCut the rose at the hiltBludgeon all that we builtYour time’s running outAnd the birds fly the fieldThe birds fly the fieldThey’ll get you in the endBut i’m not here to make friendsI’m not here to make friendsDead leaves are cut to make roomI’m not here to make friendsThe weak survived by the few

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I am not what you hadI am not what i amYou tried but now you’re on your ownNothing can stop me coming homeYou find a light so bright it blinds youRemain unconscious to the soundSo glad it turned out to be mutually beneficialWe put each other in the groundSever connections, cut that thread Stand up and leave the dying to the deadYou tried, you’re on your ownNothing stops me Coming homeNothingNothing stops meYou tried but now you’re on your ownNothing can stop me coming homeSo glad it turned out to be mutually beneficialWe put each other in the groundIn the groundIn theGround

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And now i find myself nailed to the floorCover my eyesShield me from the wallsI just wanted to sayIt's not the end unless you leave it this wayI've seen what happens in the rainThe cold and greyThe insignificantAnd when i turn to face the dayIs this letting goIs this fading away...