Dead Bouquet

from We Are Laughing by Finn Butler

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she cuts my hair and we both scream
I couldn’t bear it any longer
I joke that it’s a piece of me
does she know I’m talking to her?

she reads the future on my palm
and tells me I’ll live long and happy
but when I reach out for her palm
she moves to button up her sleeve

isn’t it just a game? isn’t it just a game? we don’t know how to play
isn’t it just a game? isn’t it just a game? I prefer fortune cookies anyway

I miss the days we used to
stand on our step and discuss how
we promise we’ll quit smoking soon
but soon is far away from now

and spent our nights picking dead flowers
cos we hate parties we hate crowds
swing and laugh away
the things we can’t say out loud

isn’t it just a game? isn’t it just a game? we don’t know how to play
isn’t it just a game? and we can start again

I know it isn’t a joke
but what can we do with our pain?
this is the way that we cope
isn’t it just a game?

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from We Are Laughing, released October 20, 2017

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