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[Verse 1] I sit in the moulded-plastic chairs Blueprints folded under my arm Watching her red-line all my prayers She says my egress won't vent the harm [Chorus] She stamped INSUFFICIENT LATERAL BRACING across my heart in red ink My emotional egress windows Won't ventilate what I think She says my snow-loads miscalculate The weight of my past on the frame Until she releases the holdback I'm a squatter in my own ribcage [Verse 2] I trace my revisions on onion-skin Paper thin as new ice on the bay I can provide the letter to win Signed and sealed by the engineer's say But she says my past is too heavy For the beams that I claim will hold true And the wind-load of memory's levy Is breaking on through [Bridge] Forty years of frost heave in my chest Waiting on occupancy just to rest Municipal codes weren't built for this ache Every permit I file is a mistake [Chorus - building] She stamped INSUFFICIENT LATERAL BRACING across my heart in red ink My emotional egress windows Won't ventilate what I think She says my snow-loads miscalculate The weight of my past on the frame Until she releases the holdback I'm a squatter in my own ribcage [Outro] In the moulded-plastic chairs With these blueprints And her red ink Waiting
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