Her Voices

Looking at you I see her face
 Through all these years, just waiting
 It all catches on to you when you slow down
 I'm back in that yard, tasting that shame
 Of pushing her down, of kids and their games
 Their strongholds
 We had a bigger world; we had a better view
 I guess I never fully realized then
 What she lost when I cut that loss
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 So she filled the void with unearthly friends
 Voices of hers greater
 We had a bigger world; we had a better view
 I wish she'd never told us about her voices
 We were strong, we were much too strong
 (Never forgive, never forget)
 Never forget!
 (Never forgive, never forget)
 Never forgive!
 We picked and pierced, we ripped and we tore
 We hit and scratched to make in her a hole
 Glares and eyes, whispers and notes
 Attached to her every pose
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 (We fed her shouts)
 (For the collection of her voices)
 Their ugly truth (I was too weak to collect)
 Outnumbered by far her beautiful dream (But so, it turned out, was she)
 And I closed my eyes
 Were her eyes in yours already when we met? (Both paid in soul for the cutting of that loss)
 Am I still paying debts to recover life?
 (Now I can see) she proved to be right
 As she was called down
 It's sad, though
 That I turned out to be one of her voices