i'd like to sing a song to the machines

from mea culpa by young adult fiction

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can you taste the normalcy?
I think it's tasting fine.
Won't you watch the flames a little while
before you run in and jump in the fire?

can you taste the normalcy?
I think it's tasting fine.
Is this what you thought you'd be
when you were just a child?

may I speak to the machines?
may I sing to them please?
may I speak to the machines
and ask them what they think about me?

so don't just sit there taking your pulse
talking to something on the shelf
keep pretending your someplace else
or watch as your brother unwinds himself

alright miss thanksgiving
smoke away your face
are you really ready
to come out from behind all that lace?

alright mr sweet and low
take me out tonight
tell me why I should write more happy songs
I think I might

may I speak to the machines?
may I sing to them please?
and what about the trees?
what do they think about me?

alright miss metonymy
drink away your voice
keep avoiding the question
did you make the right choice?

may I wipe my record clean?
would you speak to me please?
I'd burn sage, but the smoke alarms might disagree

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from mea culpa, released January 26, 2018

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