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Turn Obscure

from Prone by The Elizabeth Dane

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i’d let you write all over me if i thought i would change
i’d learn the language you’d prefer to have this exchange
i’d shave my head and get cut, and never be the same
i’d let you skin me alive, and put me on display

i’d close my eyes and listen to you, fast explaining the world
you’d do the walking for me, becoming part of the herd
reading to me every night, but only what you approve
i’m a good boy, i know that you’re my only truth

i learn my lesson again
i learn my lessons again
i learn my lesson again
i learn my lessons again

with no one fawning over me, i start to turn obscure
just an inkblot bleeding over someone's work
i talk and talk and talk and talk to an ascending wall
i swear your door was open at the start of it all

you never listen to me, you never show your worth
what’s the point of you existing on god’s green earth?
always fail to do the thing that you’ve set out to do
if it kills you, you’ll know i’m your only truth

i learn my lesson again
i learn my lessons again
i learn my lesson again
i learn my lessons again

you’re a changed man now, your former self a myth
but you’re still not quite the person that i want to be with
i learn my lesson again
you’ve given me your body, you’ve given your soul
but it’s not enough, babe, i’ve got to swallow you whole

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from Prone, released September 1, 2014
dan - bass
jon - guitars, backing vocals
mac - guitars, vocals, words
maxwell - drums, additional guitar

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A four-piece outfit from Chicago with a penchant for simple, yet haunting songs.

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