to you, my promise

In the form of a natural crystalline mineral, salt is also known as rock salt or halite. Salt is essential for life in general, and saltiness is one of the basic human tastes. Salt is one of the oldest and most ubiquitous food seasonings, and is known to uniformly improve the taste perception of food, including otherwise unpalatable food.

salt

An ocean current is a continuous, directed movement of seawater generated by a number of forces acting upon the water, including wind, the Coriolis effect, breaking waves, cabbeling, and temperature and salinity differences.[1

current

A fathom is a unit of length in the imperial and the U.S. customary systems equal to 6 feet (1.8288 m), used especially for measuring the depth of water.[1]

fathom

12/17/22

fading moonlight reflects off his tarnished steel,
once ornate several winters ago,
he looks up at the domed worlds that float and hang,
wheeling through the horizons,
O blessed sleep,
he sank to repose, and his dreams lull him to rapture,
he envisions you ascending an icy trail with flowers in your hand,
and you descend without them,
and he is not there,
so much does suffering dull even the most fervent of men,
but why should he describe a sorrow which all have felt,
and must feel.

after what seemed like ages,
I awoke from that painful dream.
the world was still veiled by night,
and heavenly bodies flickered indifferently above me.
I found comfort in their vastness.

common sorrow

with me, always

vapid[vap-id] adjective
1. lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid; flat
2. without liveliness or spirit; dull or tedious
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vapid nights (demo)

night[nahyt]noun
1. the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
2. the beginning of this period; nightfall.
3. the darkness of night; the dark.
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That Night I Never Came Home

that night i never came home

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charcoal [chahr-kohl] noun
1. the carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic substances in the absence of air.
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charcoal

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horizon
[huh-rahy-zuh n]
noun
1. the line or circle that forms the apparent boundary between earth and sky.
2. the limit or range of perception, knowledge, or the like.
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horizons. and you

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carry [kar-ee] 
verb (used with object), carried, carrying
carry over;
1. to hold until a later time; postpone.
2. to be left; remain.
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carry this over

emp·ti·ness ˈem(p)tēnəs noun
1. the state of containing nothing.
synonyms: void, vacuum, empty space, vacuity, gap, vacancy, hollowness, hole, lack
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to all my friends who are struggling, I've got your back.

the emptiness we occupy

vocal excerpt taken from 'La Dispute - Conversations'
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burn marks

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Everything Persists x GOODBYYE - Die Together

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sample from 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' (2004).
last track of 2017.  thank you to anyone who listens to my stuff; it means a lot.  Merry Christmas, hope you all spend time with loved ones and tell them how much they mean to you.  
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see my breath with every word

livestreamed on my instagram on 12/30/17
tracklist:
horse head - i'm used to that (prod. marilyn mansion)
angst - youfuckmeup (prod. 4evr)
barren - for now (prod. toothegood)
toothegood - i am a liar
familypet - bad mood, bad year
nothing, nowhere - hopes up (ft. dashboard confessional)
wicca phase - i see you as a dove (prod. brobak)
lil lotus - alone (prod. nedarb)
lil peep - the way i see things (prod. kryptik)
lil peep - i crash u crash w/ lil tracy (prod. jayyeah)
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I'm used to that. (end of '17 live minimix)

Today happens to be my mom's birthday. I love her so much and I'm in awe of all the unconditional love and support she gives me.  One day I hope I can learn to love as much as she does <3
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to keep warm.

An honest young woman changed my life, and this song is written in gratitude, and a recent self-awareness of how.
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why are you still holding on.

'How Do I Tell A Girl I Want To Kiss Her?' by Modern Baseball. Additional guitars, drums, and production by everything persists.
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She smiles bites her lips and turns away
From that point on, she's not just another face
She turns back to him with those hazel eyes
There's no point of return, she's all that's on his mind
But he doesn't know what she's been through before
Puts herself on the front lines with no reward
And takes care of everyone else before herself

She's on his mind day and night
Thinks he takes her for granted, but to her surprise
He needs her more than she needs him, ohh
Won't fight, no, just walks away
Won't tell his secrets, just keeps them safe
That's why she's...
She's not just another face

Now her picture is in his head
And she's all he talks about to his friends
He acts like it's nothing but we all know the truth
But she thinks she's been through it all before
But this time it's different and she can't ignore
Those signs that he's sending
Cause they're nothing but proof
He's thinking "hold my hand, oh, hold it tight"
"Whether the weather is cold tonight"
"I promise it will be alright"

She's on his mind day and night
Thinks he takes her for granted, but to her surprise
He needs her more than she needs him, ohh
Won't fight, no, just walks away
Won't tell his secrets, just keeps them safe
That's why she's...
She's not just another face

(What do you want? You want the moon? Just say the word and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down)
She's not just another face
(Cause I want you, I want all of you, forever, you and me, everyday)
Not just another face
(I came here tonight because when you realize you wanna spend the rest of your night with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible)
(I thought maybe you were a nut, but you were exciting)
(So, uh...)
(You should be kissed and often, and by someone who knows how)

She catches on to all his signs
A change of pace for her, but it's fine
She's not used to it, but he goes the distance for her too
She is all he needs and desires
And it is about time that she acquired
Someone who knows she's not a fool

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how far is too far

safe with me

single from the album 'there will always be this hollow'

there's really a song, a song for everything I've been dealing with for the most part on the new album. and it hurts, you know? when you write something authentically in an honest moment and then you have to listen to it over and over and over again. 

I didn't really understand what that would do to me. and all the stories, all the interactions, all the people that come to me that are in the exact same place as I am, and connect with the lyrics I write. it's controlled chaos and it's beautiful, but it hurts. because that's my entire life.

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That's what people do
They buy each other flowers and they go to museums and they...

You know me, that stuff freaks me out, it's fake

What's wrong with what we're doing?
It's working, we don't have to fight, we don't have to...

Maybe I want to fight

Yeah? Well I don't

What are you going to do? You're never going to feel anything?
How are you going to do that?

I don't know. I'll figure it out

You're so messed up

Yeah? I don't need you to take care of me
I take care of myself
That's what I do
Why don't you find some other girl who's not going to hurt you?

Because I love you

It's obvious, I completely love you
There... You're such a wimp

I am not

Well then be with me

rhodonite

I didn't think it would end this way

End? No, the journey doesn't end here
Death is just another path, one that we all must take
The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass
And then you see it

What? Gandalf? See what?

White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise

Well, that isn't so bad

No. No, it isn't

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and then you see it

ou see, for all life is an act of faith and an act of gamble. The moment you take a step, you do so on an act of faith because you don't really know that the floor's not going to give under your feet. The moment you take a journey, what an act of faith. The moment that you enter into any kind of human undertaking in relationship, what an act of faith. See, you've given yourself up. But this is the most powerful thing that can be done: surrender. See. And love is an act of surrender to another person. Total abandonment. I give myself to you. Take me. Do anything you like with me.

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one and one half

no matter how bright
there will always be this hollow
like unlit space between stars

he didn't do anything
it was me
I wasn't there for him
I didn't know how to talk to him
I couldn't deal with what he was going through
so I gave up and took off
that was part of the reason why I came back
I wanted to fix things
he was gone
and you were here instead

remainder

don't stop ever
even when people roll their eyes
or call you crazy
even then
especially then
you just don't give up
because if I could give up
if I could just take the whole world's advice
and move on and find someone else
that wouldn't be love
that would be some other disposable thing
that is not worth fighting for

half of me

I know this isn't any easier for you
I know that
I think some deranged part of me
likes thinking I'm the only one with real problems
like that makes me special
you know ever since we were little
I would get this feeling
like I'm floating outside my body
looking down on myself
and I hate what I see
how I'm acting
the way I sound
and I don't know how to change it
and I'm so scared
that that feeling is never going to go away

loner

and for all the pain I've been through
that heals me
maybe not instantly
maybe not even for a long time
but it heals
and yeah there are setbacks
we do fucked up things to each other
and we hate each other and it get messy
but that's just us
and any world you're in
and yeah you're right
we're all told we don't stand a chance
and yet we stand
we break
and keep going
and that is not a flaw
it's what makes us

melatonin

in the same let's suppose the sun sends out light into space
now the space surrounding the sun
will be black darkness
as if there were no light in it
unless a planet happens to float by
when a planet floats by there will be light
in the darkness
but if there isn't anything to relate to the sun
in that way
then comes no light

internal winter

the one thing people tend to realize
at moments like these
is that they wasted a lot of time
when life was normal
it's not just what they did with their time
it's not just that they spent too much time working
or compulsively checking email
it's that they cared about the wrong things
they regret what they cared about
their attention was bound up in petty concerns
year after year when life was normal
and this a paradox of course
because we all know this epiphany is coming
don't you know this is coming?
don't you know there's going to come a day
when you'll be sick or someone close to you will die
and you'll look back
on the kinds of things that captured your attention
and you'll think what was I doing

blood tests

because they feel something for me that I can't

a lot of the things that I chose to write about
were very difficult to write about
but I know they can be detrimental to someone else's growth
I know that I need to change a lot of things in my life
you'll hear that on the record
you'll hear a lot of honesty
and a lot of things that were very hard to write
but at the end of day
if that can change shape motivate inspire
or help someone else
then that's exactly what had to be written

it bothers me that everyone has the capacity to do positive things
with their life
you are in control of what you do
with your creative thought processes
and I guess I was unaware
of just how negative I was becoming

I mean how do you do it?
how do you just move on like that?

imbrium

but then there are some people out there
and it doesn't happen a lot
it's rare
but they refuse to let you hate them
in fact they care about you in spite of it
and the really special ones
they're relentless at it
doesn't matter what you do to them
they take it and care about you anyway
they don't abandon you
no matter how many reasons you give them
no matter how much you're practically begging them to leave
and you want to know why?

27 days

in the context of modern times, perhaps the doomer feels a heightened alienation from the world, because the internet compounds the weight of social pressure and a sense of detachment.

however this experience of alienation and despair is not unnatural, nor without value. rather, one must walk deliberately through the mud of life, realizing that there will be ongoing pains and challenges in their self actualization, and, instead of turning away from them, lean into them and face the sufferings head on, developing themselves and their personal meaning, no matter how uncommon or hard it may be.

by inviting suffering in and recognizing it as an opportunity to develop wisdom and resilience, we utilize it as a method of creating our own purpose and greatness. in the fundamental pain and meaningless of life, we must not find ourselves with an indifference that renders us lethargic and paralyzed away from caring about anything, but rather an indifference that inspires us to create meaning, and care for things we deem enjoyable and engaging.

these pains you feel are messengers

we must try to form our perspective to best serve our ability to remain with happiness and wonder, regardless of the ups and downs of life. we are but a tiny feature of the entire body of nature, and everything that happens to us is a matter of relevance and necessity to everything beyond us. in this we must strive towards an acceptance and indifference towards everything that happens to us, and instead focus our attention on controlling our reactions to the things that happen.

the stuff we often find ourselves chasing in life, revealed to be rather petty and meaningless from a sufficient distance. we don't have much, if any control on what happens to us, how people see and treat us, nor what happens because of what we do. and in the big picture, none of it really matters all that much. and so we must define our happiness not by what we own or achieve, not by how others see us, not by some bigger picture of life, but by how we think and see our self, and live our own life through what we deem virtuous and relevant.

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