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Free me from the chains of being human

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this world will never stop turning

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a view from the moon

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1. under the firmament

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you look painfully unnatural,

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be in silence

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my wrists twist ninety degrees,

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I don’t know why I’m here,

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I’m tired of such saturation

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“time and time again

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crimson

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an uncertain direction,

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decaying,

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I can see the stars above,

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a frequency sauna slowly

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Once a soft skin outline,

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it's all too easy when you're functioning

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hit the floor

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the depth within your heart

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I don’t want to live forever

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I have no faith in mankind,

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If man could fly would he reach higher sky?

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when crisis comes just turn off the light,

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Julie never went to prom

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under a broken branch,

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the low sun over the mere

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I held your hand tight through the night,

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here on my final night

","url":"https://themechanicsofbeinghuman.com/privacy-policy/f/my-final-night","title":"My Final Night","summary":"here on my final night","date_modified":"2026-08-14T11:13:35Z"},{"id":"https://themechanicsofbeinghuman.com/privacy-policy/f/on-the-avon","html_content":"

over the reeds, through the lilies

","url":"https://themechanicsofbeinghuman.com/privacy-policy/f/on-the-avon","title":"On The Avon","summary":"over the reeds, through the lilies ","date_modified":"2026-08-14T11:08:56Z"},{"id":"https://themechanicsofbeinghuman.com/privacy-policy/f/puppet-%E2%80%98my-malfunction%E2%80%99","html_content":"

it’s waking up, I can feel it rising

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we’re all left running wild

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there’s nothing to see here,

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gears grinding, churning, spitting

","url":"https://themechanicsofbeinghuman.com/privacy-policy/f/repeat","title":"Repeat ","summary":"gears grinding, churning, spitting ","date_modified":"2026-08-14T10:49:22Z"},{"id":"https://themechanicsofbeinghuman.com/privacy-policy/f/side-effects","html_content":"

social fabrics and framework

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where does the darkness go?

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all eyes on the minute hand

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I rise come the morning light

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dormant

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it’s all synthetic

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the rising sun over cheap housing

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ticking and clicking

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bodies, they come

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there’s something

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we erased ourselves so long ago,

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we’re all infected with a virus,

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alienation

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there’s nothing on the outside for you,

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from the outside

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she’s come a long way

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January sits in free promise,

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