"What he said, the night before"

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--Time

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--(breath)

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Pushing me

--Willing me

--Taking me

--Making me

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--Time

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--(breath)

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Jittering

--Beats and flutters

--Wings upon

--My anxiousness

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I see your face,

--recall your warmth

and hate today

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--“Make tomorrow, today”

the song tells me

--And it’s not what he meant –

but God, if I could do that….

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--And the beat comes back,

Into me,

--And I feel all my strength

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build

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--(breath)

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--And build

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--(breath)

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--(breath)

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--And return

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But it’s all bravado –

--my heart is captain

--And it is not master of time

So it beats and waits and beats

--and waits

--and beats

--and waits…..