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If you’re reading this I never made it out.
It’s no good to entertain false hope or doubt.
My directive was precise:
Take measure once, then don’t think twice.
If you’re reading this I did not hesitate
Or if I did turn back by then they’d barred the gate
And if you’re reading this I guess you didn’t wait.

If you’re hearing this the capsule made good time
The record of our world caught in its prime.
How could I presume to choose
A kiss, a heartbeat, one man’s blues?
An offering, a sacrificial dance.
Such optimism as we dared advance
But if you’re hearing this we never stood a chance.

Now don’t flinch, don’t choke, just play along.
If you just stay quiet, I’ll stay gone

And if you’re watching this she’s probably watching too
A third eye in a watchtower built for two
My voice so easy to locate:
She speaks, and you triangulate
You’ve placed me on that line from love to hate
And I’d ask you both to intercede with fate
But if you’re watching this it’s already too late.

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from As You Believed, released November 20, 2010

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