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Outskirts

By Ness Uskert Songwriting

Looking at these kids I think I’m still one of them I can’t unsee my immaturity My lonely impurity I need a guide Someone better and braver Someone leaner with flavor Whose teeth don’t shake from sugar

You’re face is in the back of my mind all the time But I can’t do anything

Do you know the way the wind throws Up your hair while you pose Distracts me so that I can’t sleep? But when you look at me that way Flowers turn to mulch and hay And I can’t have you in my life

Do you see me here on the outskirts (of your mind) Forever and watching the time fall down When you see the mountains towering over us Do you wait or find the hiding light

All these people and places Memories I can’t erase and Things that are disgraces Haunt me I can’t confide in anyone Can’t decide on anything Can’t align with any mind I’m stuck in the past now

So I stare at you for stability and lusting release, and lusting release But it’s not you I see, only someone else with peace Oh

Do you know the way the winds throws Up your hair while you pose Distracts me so that I can’t sleep? But when you look at me that way Flowers turn to mulch and hay And I can’t have you in my life

Do you see me here on the outskirts (of your mind) Forever and watching the time fall down When you see the mountains towering over us Do you wait or find the hiding light

I don’t believe in myself I must believe in someone else Maybe if they love me I’d love me too

But they will never love me Because they are simply idols Not people to spend time with Not people to spend time with But they will never love me Because they are simply idols Not people to spend time with Just distractions from my burning Mind

Do you know the way the winds throws Up your hair while you pose Distracts me so that I can’t sleep? But when you look at me that way Flowers turn to mulch and hay And I can’t have you in my life

Do you see me here on the outskirts (of your mind) Forever and watching the time fall down When you see the mountains towering over us Do you wait or find the hiding light When you see the mountains towering over us Do you wait or find the light

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