Outside the city,
you caught me sleeping.
Come tell me a story
of specters lurking.
Take me away from here, with stories that fright and fear.
I wandered with you, down this dreary shore.
I wanted you to keep me from wanting more.
Tell me of the beast, lurking in the deep,
and tuck me in, sand in my sheets, and I fall asleep.
St Michael archangel, keep me from battle.
Take away all the wickedness, abate the devil.
I have nothing left on me, just bread for the journey.
My path is clear now, adorned by bodies.
All guiding the way from here. Caught up far away from here.
I wandered nowhere, just feared for my soul.
My mouth stayed empty, nothing for a toll.
My fallen flesh, decays while I rest.
And a 100 hundred years passed out on a beach, and i fall asleep.
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