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If the sun goes down east
The sun sets, it peers over the waters
The sea yawns, swallowing up the light
Your head rests on my shoulder
Together we watch the sun go down
I hear you slowly breathing, I feel my heart slow
At times I could not breathe
The abusers want to hurt us
They had taken us again today
Abused us till we could barely move
Now we still hurt, nothing more to say
But if the sun goes down east tomorrow
The sea won’t wail quite the same
The days will quake and sway
Knowledge will vibrate and quiver
But I will be okay
‘Cause if the sun comes up west tomorrow
The harassers will be packing for the stars
Now the world has turned on its head
Too bad NASA hasn’t figured out Mars
Your family and friends will try and leave
But you won’t need them
My heart sinks down east, you know
When you hold me you can see
That yours, too, comes up west
But if the sun goes down east
We won’t need each other
Together or alone we will thrive
We will be forever free and alive
But so long as the sun goes down west
Earth is still out of sync
There’s nothing we can do
The abusers will come for us
And we remain nobodies
Getting nowhere, adrift at blind sea
Tomorrow seems neither dark nor bright
We survive but we don’t live
For in this world we cannot swim
So stay and drift with me
Till the sky’s face bores you
And the wave’s sound disheartens you
Though, when you decide to go
We’ll meet again soon after
On the seafloor amongst some ancient people
Who have also hoped to see the sun rise west
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