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voices in my head

half inside my head and half out of my mind
there is an empty vile of abstinence
an overdose of innocence and she's screaming on the phone
i'm there but she's alone--he tells her "cover up the evidence"

one foot off the ground and one foot in my mouth
i'm in my personal reality
a paranoid soliloquy--you're uneasy--i don't care
you're squirming in your chair--can i distract you with a melody?

it's not me, i'm misled--by voices in my head
that's my excuse--am i boring you?
coffee talk and zen--i've wandered off again
i see you true, but i'm focused on something behind you...

standing in the street and crouching in the grass
there is a camera rolling constantly
a microphone inside of me but these people don't belong
i'm not crazy i'm not wrong i just could use a little privacy

i'm not hiding out--i don't avoid your call
there's no one rotting in my basement
nothing showing on my face--i've got a bottle for my shame
a number for my name and my encapsulated sanity

coffee talk and zen--i've wandered off again
i see you but i'm ignoring you
"gestalten" alvida said--"those voices in your head"
"you hear them, true, but they're talking to someone behind you...

halfway round the world and crawling up my spine
there is a catastrophic laity
a pornographic deity--so i'm preaching from my chair
you'd speak but you don't dare--is it my threatening proximity?