Paper Promises
A penciled soldier in an eraser war
A drawn in portrait of a missing girl
The only things in their paper world
Origami and stenciled threats
Line the walls like tennis nets
The edge of a paper world
Promises mean nothing, empty threats turned sympathetic
Walls and walls of them, walls and walls are left
Inside the lines on the dotted front
He folds apart across a continent
The last of a paper world
Around, around goes a cigarette
It burns the girl and her favorite dress
Remains of a paper world
Promises mean nothing, empty threats turned sympathetic
Rows and rows of them, rows and rows are left
Waterfalls in the sky, tear it apart one day at a time
Faded and weatherworn, their faces are filled with scorn
For the world, their paper thin world
A drawn in portrait of a missing girl
The only things in their paper world
Origami and stenciled threats
Line the walls like tennis nets
The edge of a paper world
Promises mean nothing, empty threats turned sympathetic
Walls and walls of them, walls and walls are left
Inside the lines on the dotted front
He folds apart across a continent
The last of a paper world
Around, around goes a cigarette
It burns the girl and her favorite dress
Remains of a paper world
Promises mean nothing, empty threats turned sympathetic
Rows and rows of them, rows and rows are left
Waterfalls in the sky, tear it apart one day at a time
Faded and weatherworn, their faces are filled with scorn
For the world, their paper thin world
Credits
Writer(s): Arlo Moses
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