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Artist: Ballboy
Canonical path: /ballboy/absent-friends
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Absent Friends
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Absent Friends
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Don't bend down in front of me
It's more than I can take
Don't brush the hair out of your face
It's more than I can take
Here's to absent friends
Who might never meet again
Here's to you and I and everything
Try your best not to smile at me
It's more than I can take
Or stand in close proximity
It's more than I can take
I had my life straight
Before you came
And now I fail to sleep through the night
I fail to sleep through the night
I can't learn anything from everything that's happening
So don't give me things you once held
Expect me still to breathe
Don't go and get your hair cut nice
And show it off to me
Here's to absent friends
Who will never meet again
Here's to you and I and everything
They'll hold a wake in the blasted night
For the names of you and I
Wide awake in the middle of the night
For you and I
And now I fail to sleep through the night
I fail to sleep through the night
I can't learn anything from everything that's happening
It's more than I can take.
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