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All Ships Are Leaving

All ships are leaving and so is mine We're close to each other So something disappears and changes in between us We're close to each other so we get used to ignoring ourselves This time my absence is what is filling your lungs All ships are leaving and so is mine Your force was circling on the lake As I was skipping rocks on the surface stoning one of us to death I keep water in jars from that time for every time I feel suicidal You told me I was gentle and I stretched this word in every direction Standing underneath and now I'm sleeping in my raincoat It's a degree of violence that is always present It's a degree of presence that is always violent You knock me to the ground to grow in power And I still have no intention to participate All ships are leaving and so is mine I know who I am and they tell me it makes me know you better It's a degree of presence that is always violent It's a degree of violence that is always present All ships are leaving and so is mine

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