Friendly Fire

from Social Slaves by Eli House

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There are ideas that are trapped inside my mind-
feelings I can't express,
the words too hard to find.
There are rules surrounding, all are blind to see!
Find our world's oppressed,
I find depressing me...
But I'm right here waiting, standing still for you!
I am patient and I trust you'll see it through!
I'm anticipating you for all our lives;
but in you I sense, though, you don't want to survive!

Ever watching for the time for you to flee.
Ever anxious for your lies to me to meet.
Anticipating your cowardly retreat!
Always waiting for you to deliver me!
It's just been too long, since someone wants to stay!
I'm sorry, but I cannot treat you any other way!
It seems like just a song, that we've all forgot the tune!
It seems like you're just pretending, like all the others do!

So,

Please be patient with me, I can't stand the hush!
The silence screams inside my ears, because I love too much.
Every moment passing is a weight to fill me up with dread, so
tell me that I'm beautiful, or some day you may find me dead...

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from Social Slaves, released September 17, 2015

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Eli House Charlotte, North Carolina

My words speak to the character of a person struggling to take care of himself in a world that wants to pretend that his problems don't exist. As a poet, I use my music as a platform to reach out to those individuals dealing with the terrors of mental illness. I hope that they will give you comfort in knowing that someone else understands, or maybe... reveal something you may not know in yourself! ... more

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