Lawrence Arms
The First Eviction Notice

a temple corroded.
eviction pending.
embrace me,
old nights,
gray sky,
streetlight.
lyrical descension.
attention fading.
breathless i'm a mess.
kissless i'm in distress.
i'm barely breathing.
this crowning anguish,
looked up nervous reflex.
i've got to build up from the inside.
a relapse.
reflection.
distorted.
repression's smiling spitefully.
longing for you to sew up my seams.
i'm barely breathing.
i've abandoned old identities,
skin i couldn't fit into,
songs i couldn't write,
my voice will fade into this starless night.
can i get much blinder?
can i kick myself much harder?
have i accepted this,
to torture myself?
you can't see me.
have i invented you?
i'm barely breathing.