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mikado pt. iii

from 4​.​16 by Joseph Ruddleston

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Maybe we were born with the wrong shoes on
Or maybe the bitter taste was always this way
But it's okay that we wander different paths
Because no ordained priests gave us a map that day
To the willows and the deer that drift with us
Into the abyss which stares right back
We'd known peace for so many days
It's no surprise that the sky turned black
I should have buried you and me too deep
To ever be recovered by my hands
But instead I wrapped you up in cloth
Laid you softly amongst these lands
Not forgotten but maybe misplaced
If I ever needed to love you again someday
I should have never let you know
There was a fever in these bones
You're not my medicine
You're not a fragile, little throne
You're you and I'm me and that's all we'll ever be
Until the breakers and waves wash us into the sea
I'm so sorry I loved you, and I'm sorry I failed
To see you as something more than a fairytale
Which you are and have become
More now than before
When I'd seen you in yellow
When you'd opened the door
Now the path is clear of all the traps and the debris
I think all I want is for you to be happy and free
I think all I want is the right shoes on my feet

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from 4​.​16, released May 8, 2016
Words: Brandon Elrod
Music: Joseph Ruddleston

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