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Dante

from Late Convert by Sam Nabi

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It hasn't been summer in a long time
Keep my teeth from chattering, I'm standing on a land mine
Grass between my toes has turned to dust, I can't find a sign
Of any human being from a past life
Maybe I'm dead – maybe this is purgatory
Maybe someone else is serving that sentence for murder for me
Maybe this is the seventh circle of hell
Where I'm constantly fearing death and nobody can hear me yell
Get out of my head, Dante! I'm a sentient self
At the very least, I'm a brain in a vat on a shelf
And if I step off this bomb will I be somebody else
Will the continuous me even be able to tell

I'm rigid now, can't move a muscle, the air is frigid now
I need a cool head to try and figure all of this out
I know that if I find peace with the Earth
I'll be able to breathe and be at ease with the worst
My feelings are hurt, there ain't another soul in this town
My cries for help don't even make an echoing sound
It's desolate, I feel the pressure of my feet on the ground
No people around, this is where the demons come out

Now the tick, tick, tick of my heart goes on
As the dawn breaks and the lawn shakes, it's an earthquake
Tick, tick goes the bomb, I breathe heavy
But I'm still standing

Mountain pose, hands to heart centre
Deep breath, set my intention, try to remember
Now the ground is resonating with a curious timbre
And the soles of my feet feel as if they're burning on embers
It's early November and I know nothing grows in the cold
I can feel roots burrowing from under my soles
Pulling all the moisture up and out of the dirt
My tears falling down now and I'm salting the earth

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from Late Convert, released October 25, 2016
Beat by REY TOPOL (soundcloud.com/rey-topol)

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