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Sometimes someone else's words speak louder for us than we could do ourselves. This morning I am having one of those moments.

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No, I can't be trusted.
Out here alone with my thoughts.
'Cause my brakes are busted
And the engine's shot.

The heat serves to keep you soft.
So I can mold you and you won't crack.
But I don't know how to turn this thing off,
And I don't think I can take it back.

So I'll just make you braver
Than you are.
I will paint your eyes
A prettier green.
I will watch you fall
Violently
For me.

I took you to bed with authority.
I replay that kiss by the hotel desk
'Till the tape just melts and runs over me
And we're in the same sticky mess.

Maybe it's not you that I need.
Maybe just your picture
Is enough.
Maybe you're as mine as you're ever gonna be.
And maybe that's all I need of love.
Maybe that's all I needed.

Because I can make you braver
Than you are.
I can paint your eyes
A prettier green.
And I will watch you fall
Violently
For me.

– Edie Carey, Violently