Don't Turn Away

from The Ghost Dances by VIC BONDI

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I tried to cut out the glass
that was buried down inside my skin
but I just kept opening veins the wrong way

I tried to find the words to speak
through the rope tied against my throat
and every word like glass had your name

I tried to find some excuse
for the static at the end of the line
but I can't make sense of your voice anymore

And to think that there will always be
some part of you that's not part of me
I prefer the memory to the girl

I love you is just another word
to convince us of the lies we've told
I love you is just another way of killing time

I will tell you anything you want
if I don't have to spend the night alone
I will tell you what you want to hear
if you stand by me

I know that I turned my back
but I did it just to face the fact
that what I saw in your eyes
wasn't mine anymore

But please don't turn away.

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from The Ghost Dances, released April 12, 2022

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VIC BONDI Seattle, Washington

I've been playing music for forty years--since the beginnings of the American hardcore punk movement in the 1980s. This band camp site is where I make a variety of my non-band project experiments available--solo tracks; covers; movie soundtracks, etc. Most of it is not hardcore. For that, see the links below. ... more

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