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Trevor Hall – A Dense Ball of Bubblegum [Video]

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a dense ball of bubblegum
0:07
in the bus that time you pulled up my
0:10
pants
0:11
today my relationship with men my
0:14
relationship with love
0:16
like a brain opening revealing a knife
0:20
piercing your heart
0:24
my emotions seep through like wetness
0:26
and are damp and cold
0:28
the shock for criticism i’m ready for
0:31
once more
0:33
for people to call me gross and run away
0:36
when running along their fingertips
0:41
and yet i’m better than you big red
0:43
because i once was fruity
0:47
one time i was cute and now i’m awash
0:50
gray
0:51
hard and ugly i’m angry in fact
0:57
put me in your mouth and feel the hard
0:59
piece of bubblegum
1:02
i don’t want to talk and i don’t want to
1:04
see i want to be over you
1:11
i want you to never forget
1:14
my eyes like bite marks
1:38
you

 

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