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Arm's Length Prayer

from Humming & Survivor's Guilt by Smallville

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lyrics

I was born on a day that God was sick
I was carved from the useless pieces
I’m playing bloody knuckles with the concrete
And tug of war with this broken sickness

The flowers in my gut are rotted
My teeth are curtained with blood
Paint the asphalt with my coffee ground vomit
Apologize until you say we’re good

I dropped the torch from my mouth
But you — a steadfast Lord Hound
Brought you bundles of carnations
But, I tarnish your salvation
You’ve been talking in your sleep again
Or I’ve been talking with a demon
They’re all strangers
An arm’s length prayer

We buried Saint Rita
In the gaps between my teeth
They fixed all of the street lamps
So we can finally see our feet
When we’re dancing with magnolias
In the February breeze
I can’t let go of
Dying like the evergreen

I’ve been working on the making the pieces fit
They name cities after feelings like this
I’ve been working on the making the pieces fit
I’m getting used to the getting used to it

You’ve been talking in your sleep
And I’m paralyzed in my dreams
Brought you bundles of carnations
But, I tarnish your salvation
At least, that’s what you said
Mrs. Dalloway of the Midwest
They’re all strangers
An arm’s length prayer

We buried Saint Rita
In the gaps between my teeth
They fixed all of the street lamps
So we can finally see our feet
When we’re dancing with magnolias
In the February breeze
I can’t let go of
Dying like the evergreen

They name cities after feelings like this
They name cities after feelings like this
They name cities after feelings like this
They name cities after feelings like this

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from Humming & Survivor's Guilt, released October 8, 2021

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Smallville Nashville, Tennessee

I wrote a song once about a car crash and having too many teeth and I guess it just stuck.

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