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What's the Damage?

from Quit the Neighbourhood! by kappa

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A nervous laugh with nervous energy
A bubbled gut, an invasive memory
Troubled but not doing terribly, “Everything is fine,
Be much better if you were mine”

A check-in at the worry clinic,
Apprehensive and my heart's not in it
A word of affirmation - “you’re alright, honey, you’re alright,
Should we expect you tomorrow night?"

Oh what's the damage, what's the use?
Never not
Un-invincible

Unbroken, but never un-bruised
Damaged good
But not unfixable

A few months gone, a friendly reunion
A bite to eat, a missing communion
A mental block that's separating him from me
An inner mini-soliloquy

Oh god damn it, I got damaged, straddling two grieving stages
"What’s his damage? Will he manage? He’s been cooped up there for ages"
What are my feet on the ground for when the world has turned away?
Where's that disembodied presence that said everything's okay?
When will I just get over things and stop acting so dumb?
Does that day ever really come?

Oh what's the damage, what's the use?
Never not
Un-invincible

Unbroken, but never un-bruised
Damaged good
But not unfixable

I think I’m gonna throw up but I don’t know what the motive is
But I can do it and be back before anyone notices
Just give me a minute at the sink and I will fall forever
Back into your arms

I think I’m gonna spit up but I don’t wanna get off
The coaster's still in motion but it doesn’t ever set off
So just give me a minute in the drink and I will fall forever
Back into your arms

A limp farewell, a missed opportunity
An open mouth, a sensory mutiny
A thought: "he's fallen out of tune with me"; another thought, obscene,
Of the not and never-could-have-been

An aching arm, gash on the opposite
A bruise on each, a bandage covers it
Back home in Heaven Cloudy Valley, things all turn out fine
These blisters fix up in no time

I think I’m gonna throw up but I don’t know what the motive is
But I can do it and be back before anyone notices
Just give me a minute at the sink and I will fall forever
Back into your arms

I think I’m gonna spit up but I don’t wanna get off
The coaster's still in motion but it doesn’t ever set off
So just give me a minute in the drink and I will fall forever
Back into your arms

I think I’m gonna throw up but I don’t know what the motive is
But I can do it and be back before anyone notices
Just give me a minute at the sink and I will fall forever
Back into your arms

I think I’m gonna spit up but I don’t wanna get off
The coaster's still in motion but it doesn’t ever set off
So just give me a minute in the drink and I will fall forever
Back into your arms

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from Quit the Neighbourhood!, released January 27, 2023

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