You're a Saint / I'm a Nonbeliever

from It's History, It's Poetry by Detour North

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I know you think you'll get tired of me
But I'll always be the ink in your diary
Or under your skin when my lyrics break in like a needle
I'm a permanent fixture you'll never get rid of

I had that nightmare again where I smother you to DEATH
In a hospital bed, then drown in my own sweat
I'm not responsible for what goes on in my head
And certainly not in yours

It doesn't have to be this way
But go ahead and turn the lights down, baby
I never claimed to be a saint
So just keep your voice low

The Bible in my closet never offered any guidance
I'm only trying to bide time
Until we shake the pain away
And laugh about our self-destruction

It doesn't have to be this way
But go ahead and turn the lights down, baby
I never claimed to be a saint
So just keep your voice low
And we'll try to fill a void
That we otherwise would never ourselves
Avoiding every chance we get to better ourselves
Do the people we avoid
Become reasons just to keep to ourselves
Like secrets we have hidden?
So just keep your distance

Because everything about this is wrong
And it's all gonna end tonight
And it's all gonna end tonight
Everything about this is wrong
And it's all gonna end tonight
And I hope to God that it ends tonight

Do the people we avoid, avoid us too?

I guess I wished that I was your monster
I guess I've just always been your ghost.

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from It's History, It's Poetry, released July 27, 2018

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