black sheep

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lyrics

i don't wanna be your friend
means to an end
nucleoid and red
i don't have the space to pretend
cut and mend
til i make your head

give up some
it's not enough
if it comes from your heart
shard of bone
it is just a palindrome
made from disparate parts

but i am a vessel
my body will get cold
and i just want to live alone with you inside our home
it is a sycophant
just doing what it's told
until it barely got too big to hold

and though i never met you before
you know i'd rather hold you than hurt you
in the backseat
you can be my black sheep
and i'll pat you on the back
if you ever want to be alone
remember that a family is a virtue
you can learn things
and i can run rings
so i'll pat you on the back

i will never love a man
kick the can
pure symmetric tree
you were made to understand
back of my hand
loving absentee

get some sun
go outside and have some fun
you don't know your needs
i am one
you are just a fraction of
the things you mean to me

and i will get older
my skin'll turn to strands
and you're exactly where i was before i was before
so when i retire
i hope it's by your hands
your baby lying by me on the floor

and though i'll never know you at all
i promise that i'm gonna take you fishin
in the backseat
you can be my black sheep
and i'll pat you on the back
i get that you want to be alone
but i can only work with what i'm given
you got four paws
beneath your slack jaw
so i'll pat you on the back

stop following me
stop following me
stop following me
stop following me

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from subroutines, track released October 12, 2019

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