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Parlor Voice - Benjamin

from Dialogue 48​.​1 by Calvin University Dialogue

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This is a song about my brother
We don’t really see each other anymore
It was only for a time
We were bursting water balloons
And building hideouts

But things are different now
We don’t wrestle each other
We wrestle our separate demons
And for you things are working out
I hear you’ve got some new friends in Grantham
And a suit like a senator
You wear it well
You always were good at arguing
I was a midnight reveller
I do remember those fights in the morning

Scraping nails over scales of your feelings
Touching the numb is dumb for the one receiving
I may oversell all my genuine demons
But I really miss the stars on your ceiling

I’m bad at staying close
I’m trapped inside my mind
But mostly I blow off reaching out
Or else I’ll surely fall into a million pieces of salt
I’m so in love with the idea of life
That there are satellites
But they seem so far away
I’m sure I would incinerate
The moment I touch your skin
Benjamin
Scraping nails over scales of your feelings
Touching the numb is dumb for the one receiving
I may oversell all my genuine demons
But I really miss the stars on your ceiling

I miss running around
In gradually expanding circles of time
With you by my side
I think there may still be toys
Buried by the tree
Will you dig with me?
Will you do with me anything?
I’ll lie with the liars
I’ll lay with the lame
I’ll seed with the dying
I’ll change my name
I’ll forgive all the times you made me want to scream
I just want to count the stars on your ceiling

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from Dialogue 48​.​1, released December 3, 2015

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Dialogue is an arts and writing magazine of Calvin College undergraduate creative work that is submitted, curated, and published by students. This is a catalog of original student music.

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