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from a flash of dark // a wash of light by Jon, the Archivist

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darling, do you feel the water closing in over our heads
darling, can you believe that in two minutes we'll be dead?
brother, can you imagine the monsters and demons that we live in
and brother, if the sinner repents, oh if the sinner repents
is there still a sin?

lover, do you recall the last refrain I spoke to you?
lover, do you remember the pauses and syllables that formed into a pleasant tune?
And father, what will it take for me to explain myself to you?
And father, I am no prodigal son, no I am nothing, I am no one.

On new year's eve
we cracked a bottle or two of cheap champagne

Our rosy cheeks
flushed with fear from the knowing glances of who remained

Our final prayer
to all the friends we loved and lost to drugs and bad attitudes

Our table set
to welcome the dark lord and serve him with all we had to lose

Sometimes I cry
because the memories are too much for me to take

Sometimes I cry
because these lungs are slowly setting up to break

Sometimes I cry
and the nervous high sets in that comes before the shakes

Sometimes I cry
as I remind myself no to mourn before the wake

A toast! A toast!
To all our immortal parties, tomorrow or otherwise!

A toast!
That we will drown these evil thoughts that live behind our eyes!

A toast!
To be remembered in laughter and tears and shards of glass!

A toast!
That we may learn to move on and lift off the shackles of the past!

On new year's eve
we prepared our attack on the darkness we'd fought for way too long

On new year's eve
we prepared our song for all the beautiful things we've lost

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from a flash of dark // a wash of light, released January 31, 2015

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Jon the Archivist lives in Worcester, MA, and this is the sound of him screaming at nothing.

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