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The Stranger

from Primary by The Palimpsest

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Chemical reactions.

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The face that I now see before me
is no one I can recognise.
The features cold and unresponsive.
Conseals no life behind the eyes.

The ebb and flow of craving rules the days
while haunting visions rule the nights.
Inhale the pathway to another world.
Debauched display of cold delights.
The icy fingers of analysis
to pick the locks that hold what's right.

In desparation lets you peep inside,
but rapes the minds of those who try.
A broken memory of the man that died.
The mirror hides the cracks inside.

And as the mist receeds it's easier to see
the face of innocense that is longing to be free.
Can't seem to reach the point where I'm supposed to be.
Wrapped up so long it's hard to see.
The stranger must be me.

Another pill to ease re-entry.
The cocktail's struggling in veins
to reach the point where I can function.
Once more in hell.
Once more insane.

And as the mist receeds it's easier to see
the face of innocense that is longing to be free.
Can't seem to reach the point where I'm supposed to be.
Wrapped up so long it's hard to see
that what began as just a casual affair
now rules my life and, sadly, I don't seem to care.
I see no exit sign, no respite from the pain.
The truth, it seems, is plain to see:
The stranger must be me.



© D. Brown/S. McGee 2020

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from Primary, released December 3, 2022
Words: D.Brown, Music: S.McGee

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