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I'm Keeping You

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little-supernova

Published: Sep 28, 2011

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you say this sounds like
a bad time
but i think this is the best time;

the best time for you to see who i really am,
who i become in the instant the wolves aren't looking
and who i am when i can't be me much longer.

don't be afraid if you find me with a colorful
drink that reeks of Russia and a slash of a bro/ken
smile: it's me, and i'm still here, but i'm

just trying to survive in a torn-up world.

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full title -- I'm Keeping You On This Goddamn Line if It's the Last Thing I Do (Tonight)

i don't like the breaking of the word 'broken'.
any suggestions? because just spaces was getting to be
too cliche.

true story, kids.
stay in school.

[edit:] world, Y U NO LET ME USE BACK SLASH?