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Saving Face

Ft. DEX, Big Al


Now I lay me down to sleep

When I wake, I pray the lord to keep


I've been waiting for an awful long

(Abusus non tollit usum)

Abuse does not cancel use.

Regarding every bookend that I've walked

(Etched along the inhumed)


Please forgive me, baby, remember that kismet I've wrought?

(Creator, at the core, this is your reward)

I pray to save face before I'm pinned up on the wall

Meant in reference to a taxidermied insect, and lack of control. Fun fact about this song is that it's from the POV of this butterfly with torn wings that my ex (whom this song is also about) stepped on.

Cacophony tainting my heartbeat

Paid for by this halo of mine, I descry

I lay obeisance to the ground

Knowing me, I've fallen far too far to fly


Please forgive me, baby, ignoring those kisses I've fought

(Survivor, at the core, this is your reward)

Reliving those days, I stare at each hand ticking on

(Surrendering each word, we did all we could)

Meant in the way that a doctor, when breaking the news of a patient's death, would say that was all they could do in the face of something that was inevitable.

I pray to save face before I'm pinned up on the wall