Welcome to Nowhereland

from 13 Stories by Sophie's Dream

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you stopped by to see if the flowers had grown,
but they hadn't much since you left them alone
i tried to raise them, but it wasn't the same
they knew how you looked, they knew your name

you stopped by to see how the old streets looked,
and check up on the names in your old address book
your ex-lovers, your old friends
they're all living in dead ends

welcome to nowhereland
where we count out our lives with stray grains of sand
where we move through your eyesight in bas-relief
and we bite at each other to sharpen our teeth
welcome to nowhereland
where we have our lists of reasonable demands
and we all keep our eyes on the door
wondering who it'll open for

it's sure nice of you to make the trip here
no i'm doing okay and i'd like to make clear
there've been plenty of others since you
on a good day, i don't even miss you

i saw two girls fighting down by the junkyard
i saw some kids having sex in the back of a car
i heard screaming and moaning
i heard the wheels of the machine turning and groaning

welcome to nowhereland
where god turns us away with a wave of his hand
where everything's dying and nothing gets born
and nobody wants to stay here to mourn
welcome to nowhereland
you'll want to get out of here soon as you can
it's okay, i understand
nobody stays longer than planned

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from 13 Stories, released November 10, 2018

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