cruel and uncomplicated

the soft ache of a phantom limb

came upon me again

and in a burst of benzo

crawled up under my skin

the soft ache of your name

last night i dreamt i was dying

and the liquor just made me sicker

under the strobe

you came out of the past

rolled in like a river

boring a hole through my ozone layer

out of the past

dripping like a dog in the moonlight

or the absence of love

but

girl

i would john wall this club to the ground

if it'd burn you memory down

hey

mama

i miss you

that's all

it only happens when the moon's this full

when the rain falls hard as new year's bullets

and the sky is red

when i imagine it

it's so

cruel and uncomplicated

i'm gonna be lonely

when i don't know you anymore

will you unglue when i am just

a piece of the past?

and does it ever end?

of course it does

it did

but i could not imagine it

my love

us being strangers

in a gentle wisp

the ghost then fades

into something like time

forgive me

i'm unsure of my mind

the soft ache and the moon

suppose i say to you

brooklyn"