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Phytolilith

from A Thorn, A Sliver by WORN THROUGH

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lyrics

believe in the mountains of broken glass
and not in the basement current of crushed up nothing


growth in the strangest of places
roots that feed nothing at all
couldn't remember the drive back home
it could have happened then
but you survived somehow
you sat right in this house and swallowed them all
been feeling ever so tired
the weight of all these sins
burden enough for two in the hands of one


should know enough ghosts by now
to not feel this alone
two bags of dust are all that's left here
both immutable companions
permanently bound to one, hand-in-hand
the other always just out of reach


return to the miles of glimmer in each direction
before memory began to blur
a recursion of sharp refractions
where it's unclear if, or how long, you've been away
before the distance between reflections grew and grew
while you were forging tungsten into nightmare


deep-seated tendrils mirrored a pestilence within
half-hearted attempts to get out of this goddamned place
the stumbles, the falters, the ever-fading grace
no one's to blame, it's not like you ever wanted to stay

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from A Thorn, A Sliver, released March 7, 2025

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