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I wish someone would tell me that it's time that I should go to sleep
It's hard to watch your dreams instead of chasing them relentlessly
It's been like seven days since the last time I got a chance to eat
It's been like seven years since the last time I got a chance to breathe
I want my friends to love me but I'm sure they hate my guts sometimes
I wish I wasn't puppeteered by numbers on my Spotify
I wish I had a job so I could stop caring about my life
And make a couple bucks so I won't care if all my lyrics rhyme

The past two years were horrible and I just want to stop
But I cannot stand the thought of being someone you forgot
So I'll just half-finish a song and hope you call it hyperpop
Since that's the only way I'll make up for the sandwich I just bought
I don't want my town to see me 'cause they know what I'm about
Look at Mr. traipse-y faggot with his overflowing mouth
I just wish that they would see me but instead they shut me out
I just wish that I could see me but instead I shut me down

There's a little rubber ball that bounces all around my head at night
And maybe I should grab it 'cause then maybe I'd be dead this time
I wish they didn't find a pulse the last time that I crashed my car
I want to be around the friends I miss but I'm so fucking far
Away from Tennessee, I kinda wish that I had stayed
And I wanna pull myself back but the rope is getting frayed
And I wish that it was legal to get fucked up by the lake
And I hope it's not against the law to get hit by a train

'Cause then maybe my insurance pays to make my parents proud of me
They say they love me all the same but I can tell they're doubting me
They say that I should go to school and I can tell they laugh at me
Whenever I release a song and shoot myself in both my feet
I wish that both my siblings had a brother they could say that they're related to
Without the shame of being burdened by me
And in ten or twenty years I hope they're living out their hopes and dreams
But most of all, I hope to god they're doing it without me

I wish I couldn't say I have a family I've neglected
But it's hard to be around them when I'm filtering the messes
'Cause the cocaine and the heroin aren't working as expected
But if I just take another hit then hopefully I'll get it
And I want to like my music and I want to like myself
But it's harder not to lose it when I can't be fucking helped
I can't bear to be so lucid with the cards that I've been dealt
I don't want to be this useless but I guess that's just as well

I wish I didn't have all of this difficulty being
And I wish I didn't take so much, I want to stop the bleeding
And I want to be an optimist but I'm not even healing
And I wish they could replace all of the air that I've been stealing
And I hope one day you understand I really don't feel hate for you
I have too many problems and nobody to explain it to
I'm not a fucking person, I'm a mess and it's the same old truth
I've understood for long enough to kill myself at 22

I'm ready as I'll ever be, so please refrain from stopping me
I understand it's hard but I can't bear the thought of 23
I waste my fucking life, it's only right to turn the golden key
Just let me send a message to the friends I still have here with me
I'm sorry I'm a burden and I promise that I'll stop it soon
I hope that you're not hurt too much and one day I'll be lost to you
I'm praying in my bedroom to a god I don't believe in
Then I'm done with this and hopefully you'll understand my reasons

But don't feel bad
It's not your fault
Don't be sad
It's not your fault
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​wishlane

​wishlane

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