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Patch 24​.​0​.​0 (HAUNTED)

from I Am To Err In a Black Sky & Find Dawn by The Formaldehide

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This song is six years old. I rewrote its lyrics in 2020 to be about growing past the expectations of former friends. It was influenced by vivid dreams I have had of said former people. Enjoy.

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You haunt me
But you’re still alive
(As far as I know)
The dust all cleared and you reappeared (unwelcome) in my head

I’d rather be sleepless (as if I could sleep like this)
Than have these recurring dreams (dreadful)
Past adversaries, people I don’t see
Visiting my bed (ghosts shitting in my bed)

And I have to remind myself when I see you at night
It’s not you, it was never you
You’re a stranger but the silhouette in view is a revision in two. if you were see through
And I was improved

Patch Twenty-Four new and improved

Just like that we were just vibing
Just like that we were just fine
Did reality turn complicated poor subconscious mind?
Sorry to say it’s misplaced
My id consoled by ego
My heart can’t be reserved for someone I’m not sure I got to know

And I have to remind myself when I see you at night
It’s not you, it was never you
You’re a stranger but the silhouette in view is a revision in two. if you were see through
And I was improved

And I’m fine now
But let’s pretend that I’m not, let’s pretend that I’m not
And I’m fine now
But let’s pretend that I’m not, let’s pretend that I’m not

Sound of clapping hands
I don’t like the sound of clapping hands
Sound of clapping hands
Clapping hands

What the fuck was I on about
All those years ago
Who the fuck was that person
That I called one of my own
(Don’t know)

I’m bigger and better now
And I don’t have the time
To consider visions of people
That were never mine

My capacity to love others has no need for proof
And I have no need for digital approval to improve
Yo what if nothing I’ve done matters? What if I never grew?
Nigga, what if I wasted my time waiting for someone like you?

And I have to remind myself when I see you at night
It’s not you, it was never you
You’re a stranger but the silhouette in view is a revision in two. if you were see through
And I was improved

The past is all red now
The future is green
I’m knocking my words back in 2016
(Patch Twenty-Four new and improved)
The past is all red now
The future is green
I’m knocking my words back in 2016
(Patch Twenty-Four new and improved)
And I was improved!

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from I Am To Err In a Black Sky & Find Dawn, released December 24, 2021

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