Messes Of Men by MewithoutYou

I do not exist, but faithfully insist
Sailing in our separate ships
and from (1)________ tiny caravelle
Tiring and trying there's unnecessary dying
like the horseshoe (2)________ in its proper (3)______________ (4)__________ its shell
Such distance from our friends
like a scratch across a lens,
made everything (5)________ (6)__________ from anywhere we stood
and our (7)__________ blew away before we'd left the bay,
so half-blind we wrote these songs on sheets of (8)__________ wood

Caught me making eyes at the other boatman's wives,
and (9)__________ me (10)________________ louder at the (11)__________ told by their daughters
I'd set my course for land,
but you (12)________ understand
it takes a (13)____________ hand to navigate adulterous waters
The propeller's spinning blades held acquaintance (14)________ the waves
as there's mistakes I've made no (15)____________ could outrun
The cloth blowing on the (16)________ like to say I've got no past
but I'm (17)______________________ the librarian and secretary's son
with tarnish on my brass and (18)____________ on my glass,
I'd never (19)________ someone so (20)__________ as to want someone like me
but a few leagues off the shore, I bit a flashing lure
and I assure you, it was not (21)________ I expected it to be!
I still taste its kiss, that dull hook in my lip
is a (22)____________ as useless as a rod without a reel
To an anchor ever-dropped, seasick yet (23)__________ docked
Captain (24)______________ napping with his first (25)________ at the wheel,
floating forgetfully along, with no need to be strong
We keep our confessions long and when we pray we (26)________ it short

I drank a thimble full of fire and I'm not ever coming back

Oh, my God!

I do not exist we faithfully insist
while watching sink the heavy ship of everything we knew
If (27)________ you come near I'll hold up high a mirror
Lord, I could never show you anything as beautiful as You

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