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the tips of my fingers are calloused
napkins full of lyrics strewn across the floor
there's a thickening air of frustration
and a scavenger hunt for a vague metaphor

i'm a killer, an anchor, a barstool
i'm a soldier, a vagrant, a merchant, a god
and my heart is a black hole, a sign post
it's the only way i can feel normal at all

is to keep writing words and keep crossing them out
to pull out my hair and then curse at the sound
that evolves from my mouth
when the song becomes noise becomes

i will try every time zone
each room of the house
search for new inspiration
from old stomping grounds
cause i'm sitting, not standing
not living, creating in vain from a false misery

i don't want to give the song away this time
no oh no
i don't want to give the song away this time
once it hits someone's ears
then it's no longer mine
it's my rock and it needs to stay mine

this blood on my hands marks my
blood on my hands marks my
i'm still the killer

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from A Crown for Every Refugee, released June 1, 2010

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