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Would you be mine?
And if you wouldn’t
Would you lie?
If you were mine
I would kiss you
I would hold you tight
If that’s what you like
Baby, it’s alright
Oh no, here we go again
Not again
Pay atten-
tion
Baby, where you been?
Stumbled in
High again
It’s a sin
Sacrilege
She’s the one
I’m on 10
All praises to the most high
Blue and light
And though I shouldn’t
I would steal and lie if that’s what you’d like
Baby it's alright
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Say A Little Prayer For Me
Don’t you dare with me
Just got the news
Grandaddy passed (past)
Like the best of my days
Those dreams never seem to last, no
I call you
To fall through
And talk to
When out blue
I remember that you’re gone too
The sun is setting on our best days
Regret pains and sets stained
Like kids rolling in the grass now
So I kicked the habit
But I’m still an addict
And it’s days like this
That make me want to get back at it
So say a little prayer for me
No don’t you dare with me
So why try?
When I lie
Awake nights
And I cry
The tears are filling up their glasses
You know I’m hopeless
Do you think they notice?
Can you keep it on the low?
No nobody has to know this
So say a little prayer
“There, there...
Take care
I laid bare
Not for the fanfare
But out of habit
Because I’m still an addict
And it’s days like this
That make me want to get back at it
So say a little prayer for me
Don’t you dare with me
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Pantomime
01:46
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“Hurry John, everyone is outside”
I try to open up the blinds
But am again reminded
A bitter streak
In pantomime
Out of sight
Always on my mind
And I wait for you
Like a dog by the door
But you don’t walk my way anymore
"Everyone is ok"
Some things you can't ignore
"Everyone relax"
And I'll walk it back
You know that I would
Wouldn't I?
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Part two
Phaedras
Man, that boy taking is off like a space ship
Back home on earth
On the dayshift
There’s a young man wondering where the day went
White man walks in, AK went
Pow pow
On the floor, what now?
Take one look around and the bodies are all brown
Say goodnight
From the right not a sound
That’s hush
Lift thy light by this golden door
But don’t touch
We’re all booked up
There’s no room at the inn for Jesus
Jesus
We love to play god, play Zeus
When you should really get loose
That's true
Build a bridge, call a truce that’s two
Love's in need of love when
We would kill our brother and
Do it like it's nothing too
Look at how we're living
How we treat our women
Shame is that it's nothing new
Part two
Phaedras
Man, that boy taking is off like a space ship
Back home on earth
On the dayshift
There’s a young woman wondering where the day went
When in and out walks the rapist
Been a year but it feels like days since
When you’re wondering where the love and the faith went
She took that boy to trial but he beat both cases
Damn
That’s a shortness of breath
That’s as real as it gets
That’s a knife to the chest
But you already know the rest
She already knows the rest
Love's in need of love when
We would kill our brother and
Do it like it's nothing too
Look at how we're living
How we treat our women
Shame is that it's nothing new
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God blessed, that’s two years clean
I remember back when that was just a dream
Looking in the mirror, all I’m seeing is a fiend
But you know that didn’t stop me
Take the rail right off the sink
The whole time, knowing you’d died
From the same addiction
Now the shame is so wide
And my heart is so broken
Part of me would rather die
Than admit this all to you
And they’re starting to get to my goodness
Why would?
I would…
I could try
No lie
One time
Angel saved mine, little light let it shine
And though I know I don’t deserve you
All my love you have reserved
Strictly for you
Part two
Dedicated to the few
Strong enough to carry crosses
For the one they love who
Never could put down the bottle
And it terrifies you
Not knowing if they’ll see tomorrow
Another funeral at noon
More potential wasted
I’ll get back to basics
I never could have faced it
Without you
And you know that's no lie
Why would?
I would…
I could try
No lie
One time
Angel saved mine, little light let it shine
And though I know I don’t deserve you
All my love you have reserved
Strictly for you
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John Allen Stephens Houston, Texas
John Allen Stephens is an artist and music producer from Houston, TX. Blending elements of pop, R&B and electronic music, Stephens explores themes of addiction, self loathing, apathy, love, life and death against backdrops of maximalist modern pop productions. ... more
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