How Dark It’s Been

from Choses Obscures by Ryan Traster

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Haley, why don’t you let your hair grow long?
Like the way it was when we were together in the fall.
Maybe, I moved on a little fast.
But you don’t know where I’m at, how dark it’s been.

The dreams we have will die.
Die with our closing eyes.
Let’s just keep them all inside.
It’s the only thing that feels right.

Lately, I’ve been thinking the same damn thing.
About happiness, and what it would bring.
Would it be prosperity? Some kind of mystic truth?
Rooted in love.
Would it be just sitting around with you?

The hopes we have are alive.
Alive in our tired minds.
Let’s just let them out tonight.
Before they end us both.

Haley don’t you sleep too long, or you’ll miss out on everything.
Don’t you stop dreaming or you’ll lose what’s true.
Yeah, you’ll lose you.

Desperate, I know that’s what you said.
But baby I’m a desperate man, hanging by a thread.
Deliver me, some kids of reverie.
A place I can be honest and functioning.

The last night we had was fire.
Now our bodies are getting tired.
That winter it’s getting closer.
And we’re closer to the end.

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from Choses Obscures, released July 19, 2019

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