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SANTA CLAUS BELIEVES IN YOU

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If you feel your life needs proof, Santa Claus believes in you Santa Claus and his reindeer will sweep away your fist-shaped tears You feel you just can’t make it through, but Santa Claus believes in you Yes, Santa Claus believes in you When you feel that you’ve been othered A purple crayon in peanut butter Drown their hate with floods of applause A standing O from Santa Claus If you feel your life needs proof, Santa Claus believes in you Santa Claus and his reindeer will sweep away your fist-shaped tears You feel you just can’t make it through, but Santa Claus believes in you In the dark, in the snow A shining breath exhales a glow Shadow teeth in hate-stained jaws Fade in the light of Santa Claus If you feel your life needs proof, Santa Claus believes in you Santa Claus and his reindeer will sweep away your fist-shaped tears You feel you just can’t make it through, but Santa Claus believes in you If they can't handle the truth, Santa Claus b...

SLO MO SHINE

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Running like a bathtub down the contours of your smile Hang up your skeleton and stay here for a while Constellate the candles til the flames fully align Kick up your jams and join me in my Slo Mo Shine From the depths of a sci-fi screenplay you rise With elevator sneakers and your scratch and sniff eyes Octopus of doubt, from his tentacles you shimmy out Running like a bathtub down the contours of your smile Hang up your skeleton and stay here for a while Constellate the candles til the flames fully align Kick up your jams and join me in my Slo Mo Shine Like an orchard frozen mid-photograph Thoughts allowed to flower full paragraph Apple sauce serenade, murmur through your head like a tin arcade Running like a bathtub down the contours of your smile Hang up your skeleton and stay here for a while Constellate the candles til the flames fully align Kick up your jams and join me in my Slo Mo Shine