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Left Arm

from Living Is Trying by John Davey

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lyrics

my mind was a mission and you were the quisling
a treacherous turncoat at best
I am my left arm, you were the white scar
that lit up when I turned red

you spoke in your sleep and revealed all your secrets
about your black-minded mother
and dark was the water that swallowed your father
til he had to leave you with others
and hosts of angels sang as they fell
in unison into their anguish

my love was lacewing, it broke like a plaything
the moment we came into contact with one another
and I am a dry heave, you are the pet peave
that I could take or leave

in daylight I fear it and I’ll not go near it
it’s cold in my hands like a trigger
for all of my quaking and my lack of courage
how on earth did you ever figure
that my heart and my mind could even
ever play to deliver?

in meadows of dreaming I saw you leaning
on fenceposts of both of our memories
a bird, you were preening while I was still gleaning
the good from a previous evening

and I am overcome again

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from Living Is Trying, released October 29, 2014

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John Davey Marquette, Michigan

A songwriter and recording artist in Marquette, Michigan.
A tree transplanted; West Lafayette, Indiana / Nashville, Tennesee

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