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Randall

Randall, half-man,
half-superstition
lived in a castle as tall as the sky
and while the world was burning
Randall took to learning
from some books that told him
how to live and die.

and he said,
“I can see the waters rising,
but I just gotta do what’s right for me
and I know this worlds gonna drown,
but when the waters reach this town
I’ll be the king of the sea

“'cause when I get to heaven
St. Peter’s gonna call my name
and say ‘Randall, you sure are clever!
you know I woulda done the same!’
he’s gonna take me by the hand
and let me be God’s right-hand man
In a heaven where there’s no one to blame.”

now Randall owned a thousand busts
of every man that he’d ever trust
and he watched them from morning until night
and without a world to see
Randal rewrote history
as the struggle of a man that’s always right

and he said,
“I can see those waters rising,
but I’m sure the people know how to row
and I know this worlds a gonna drown,
but when the waters reach this town
I’ll be the last one to go

“'cause when I get to heaven
St. Peter’s gonna call my name
and say ‘Randall, you sure are clever!
you know I woulda done the same!’
he’s gonna take me by the hand
and let me be God’s right-hand man
in a heaven where there’s no one to blame.”

now Randall died alone
a starving sack of skin and bones
decaying in the comfort of his bed
and after a long wait
he finally got to those pearly gates
now this is what old St. Peter said.

“well Randall,
we’ve been watching you for some time
now I though your castle would just sink
and I know you’re religious man
but I gotta say I’m not a fan.
oh Randall did you really think

“that when you got to heaven
I was really gonna call your name
and say, ‘Randall you sure are clever!’
cause I never woulda done the same
I wouldn’t take you to purgatory
you’ll go on to hell that’s the end of story
in heaven there’s no one to blame

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from i lived in a basement, released April 24, 2018

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