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lyrics

I wish I did not believe in this darkness
Emily hangs curtains in my cave
Even when it's caving in on me.
I wish I didn't have to laugh at such dark shit
Emily holds my hand, while despair
Bounces on my knee and laughs at my haircut
Shoves his fingers up my nose, and turns down his green thumb
Drools down the back of my shirt and tells me I'm no one special,
Just another freckle stuck on Emily
I'm one of so, so many

Assholes who love to call her angel,
But never listen when she sings
And never take her wings out of the washing machine
When she needs them on the weekends.
I barge right in and march right out
With my dirty feet, saying, "keep my seat warm
And save your tears for the rainy season."

I wish I did not believe in this darkness
Emily hangs curtains in my cave
Even when it's caving in on me.
I wish I didn't have to laugh at such dark shit
Emily holds my hand, while despair
Bounces on my knee and laughs at my haircut
Shoves his fingers up my nose, and turns down his green thumb
Drools down the back of my shirt and tells me I'm no one special,
Just another freckle stuck on Emily.

Maybe tonight we'll stay inside
And get so high we forget to write down
All of our brilliant bathtub revelations.
In the morning if she's not too restless
I'll make us mate and a Russian breakfast
And go out to pick strip mall carnations.
Maybe forgiveness is just
The meeting place of
Faith and desperation.
Maybe forgiveness is just
The meeting place of
Faith and desperation.

I wish I did not believe in this darkness
Emily hangs curtains in my cave
Even when it's caving in on me.
I wish I didn't have to laugh at such dark shit
Emily holds my hand, while despair
Bounces on my knee and laughs at my haircut
Shoves his fingers up my nose, and turns down his green thumb
Drools down the back of my shirt and tells me I'm no one special,
Just another freckle stuck on Emily.

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from Brave Ink, released April 12, 2014

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Patient Barney Penrose Richmond, Virginia

"As a lyricist, Patient Barney Penrose shares a vividness with Matt Berninger of The National, expressing himself with melancholic, literate concision. These are lyrics that read well without a melody. An extension of an obvious literary talent, they embellish his dulcet arrangements."

Julian Belvedere, HY.GEN.IC London ... more

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