Empty Engine Skies

from Empty Engine Skies EP by Charles Ray Hastings Jr.

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we’re modern folks with modern guns
counting down to when the black of night will take back the sun

we’re slow trains on the longest line
waiting for Earth to spit up some coal into our empty engine skies

we’re despondent and disparaging
collapsing on ourselves at every note we struggle to sing

we’re southern lords in a northern sewer
bred by dogs, beaten by men, inherent losers

love the way you need to
don’t explain yourself to strangers
laugh when you’re lonely
you’ll always be lonely so just love

we’re peppered ants crawling across a wooden stove
focused on the work at hand and not the road

we’re problem solvers in a broken world
frustrated that everything put together falls apart and unfurls

we’re serious wanks at a comedy club
suspending disbelief when we exit and toss the ticket stub

we’re wooden crosses on our backs
hoping the pain and wear will free us from ourselves

love the way you need to
don’t explain yourself to strangers
laugh when you’re lonely
you’ll always be lonely so just love

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from Empty Engine Skies EP, released November 10, 2014

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