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[oh_its_simon]

i have travelled in caravans and by wire
i have set traps, i have set fires
don't look to me for guidance please
this map is all faded words and diagrams
but i have travelled in caravans

i have based my life on poker cards and bets
i let go too quickly, i've grown and now forget
i have in earnest tried to obviate
this burning need for flight
but my poker face has won each hand of time

so will you touch this skin knowing you could burn?
this fever runs like blood through my veins
so take care
will you take me in wanting not for light?
and i will show you love in the dark
if you dare

i have entered chapels with broken bones and sins
tinted bruises healed with admission tithed in skin
i have found god in this design
with patchwork of faithful trials and acronyms
and these wordless hymns absolve me every time

so will you touch this skin knowing you could burn?
this amber flood of touch like a fire, like a fight
will you take me in, leaving night to turn?
and will you take my song in your hands
in the light?

i refuse to learn from stories
i will only grow to live them as i can
and i run to keep from running out of time
i live to leave this stained light behind

and i have travelled in caravans and by wire
i have travelled in caravans