flat above a boutique

from the london look by Ryan Lee Ward

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they're stoning preachers outside the station
it reminds me of a fire I knew once
but they weren't the flames of damnation I knew
but that of love

and I found myself transported
back to the coast and innocence
where wasted time was not time wasted
and wasting time paid dividends

where we had cheap TV and cheaper cider
we made a pact to always stay unique
such were the goings on inside a
flat above a boutique

but that was in another lifetime
back when I still had all my teeth
when she'd forgive me of my every crime
and laugh at every word I'd breathe

there's a ghost sitting in my garden
it might as well be Gethsemane
but you would think he was in Eden
with his lack of ceremony

he taunts me, he brands me 'loner'
he tears me limb from limb
his motives remain so unclear so far
my persecution rests on a whim

he offers me out into the shadows
he offers me out to meet my end
but the jokes on him for I'd gladly face the gallows
to see her again

where we'll have cheap TV and cheaper cider
renew our pact and always stay unique
and recreate so many of the goings on inside a
flat above a boutique

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from the london look, released January 20, 2021

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