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I've gotta toughen up
don't take it lying down

Why am affected by
the slightest change in your facial expression?
As the sadness rots my stomach
and you blink in Morse code
and chew your nails off and on again

I've gotta toughen up
don't take it lying down

Our bodies hold their own memories
involuntary interlocking
and raising hands to cheeks
and I've stopped remembering my dreams
I couldn't tell you whether I'm happy or sad right now

I've gotta toughen up
don't take it lying down

Tasting all the metals dissolved in your blood
when it's this quiet I swear I can hear your skin breathing
living the life of a sedentary animal
stabled and dry
lying face-down on the carpet
as the cat pounces at my twitching toes
but tonight we're both totally all alone
although I make you laugh I know that's not enough

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from Before I Got Fat EP, released July 1, 2014

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Outside Your House UK

Outside Your House are a two man operation.

Faithful Johannes is part spoken word poet, part folk singer, part laid-back rapper with an eye for detail.

Sweet-singing Jonathan Swift‘s musical scrapbook of vinyl samples, live instruments and cut-up beats delivers the pop backdrop.

The melancholy of brass bands, chest pains, beer-offs, weight gain & David Attenborough
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