Quickfire, I Tried

Quickfire, I tried to be your solitude

And to border and protect and to greet you

Quickfire, I tried to be fun

But by the time that I was drunk you were gone

And quickfire, I tried to not be sad

But the fabric wore away upon my knee

And quickfire, I tried to be romantic

But the silver is still waiting on the mantle

Where your mother left it sitting last fall

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And quickfire, I tried to take your gifts

But I cannot change the way I hate most objects

And quickfire, I thought about the prize

But they told me that I’d have to compromise

And quickfire, I tried to be good

But my fathers live inside me like old servants

And quickfire, I tried to not go crazy

But the winter got inside me anyway

And it knows how long to stay

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Quickfire, are we bound to be alone?

Or be together like a stone is with a stone?

Quickfire, we are bound to be alone

Or be together like a stone is with a stone

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And Quickfire I have tried to be a genius

But my mind is in a million ******* pieces

And I have tried to grow old

And I have tried to be an athlete

But inside I am still nineteen thinking why not seventeen

And quickfire, I have tried to settle down

But I am lifted by the sirens in my blood

And they are not done their song

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