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St. Dymphna
04:23
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She told me she had a dream
I walked out with everything
The world was on fire outside
She clung to my dress and cried
In every apocalypse
We read from her favorite script
I’m always the Orpheus
I look back, she turns to mist
But I know
In her mind
The world ends all the time
I’m not a fighter
I’m just one dress lighter
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Judas Iscariot
03:12
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Could be
Would be
Will he
Won’t he
Academic luxury
Would you what if just for fun
Would you what if with a gun
What if you knew you’re hurting me
With droll dismissive inquiry
I know you’re just talking shit
But the devil doesn’t need another advocate
Hypotheticals are fine
For scientists and storylines
But the only thing you’re proving
Is that you’re not worth my time
If you really think I’m right
Why do I feel left behind
Just be on my side
I know you’re just talking shit
But the devil doesn’t need another advocate
(just be on my side)
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St. Francis
03:13
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Francis prayed some pretty words
But rhymes can keep the grief obscured
Till we become our enemies
In the name of empathy
To be understood, understood
Why’s it wrong to hope we could
Be known, be loved, to be consoled
Be held, not only just to hold
Swimming through our centuries
It’s not too much to ask for these
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St. Gertrude
03:10
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A man in a lawn chair
A beer in a glass
A gentle hand reaching
For the cat in the grass
The farther he reaches
The more shifts the shape
To evade the connection
The slowest escape
Is this how he likes it
Is this how they love
Or does he think this is
All he’s worthy of
Is this how they like it
Is this how they love
Or does he think this is
All he’s worthy of
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5. |
St. Genesius
04:27
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6. |
St. Cindy
03:51
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A dream is a wish your heart makes
When you’re fast asleep
In dreams you will lose your heartache
Whatever you wish for you keep
Have faith in your dreams and someday
Your rainbow will come smiling through
No matter how your heart is grieving
If you keep on believing
The dreams that you wish will come true
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St. Valentine
05:09
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Sun separated silhouettes
Merged our shadows when it set
Left in turn to answer calls
Still returned to warmed wood walls
Swept the shadows from our doubts
Kept the nasty weather out
Farmed the space between our solitudes
Grew something that we both could use
Listened to learn to redefine
Words we’d heard a million times
Wrote a rosy resume
Sometimes hurt each other anyway
You used your hands to find the song in me
To manipulate a melody
We lent our limbs to fill our other needs
Dedicated sweat to equity
As I dissolve into dirt
just know
It was a pleasure to do the work
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