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[00:09.94]I found a small red boy inside my tummy
[00:16.64]With 3 dollars in change and a Milky Way Lite
[00:23.30]In my occasional pursuit to find something more meaningful
[00:30.76]Than yet another word that rhymes with die
[00:38.02]I cut him out and put him on my table
[00:45.48]His shallow breathing chest would fall and rise
[00:52.69]His 'South of Heaven' shirt was way too big for him
[00:59.86]His horns were long and sharp and then he opened up those eyes
[01:05.62]That said
[01:06.43]"I am, I am, I am, I am the truth"
[01:17.57]I showered him with love and adulation
[01:24.95]One day he was just as tall as me
[01:31.78]I showed him all the books that I was raised on
[01:39.07]Your Madeleine L'Engle(s) and D'Aulaires' Mythologies
[01:45.22]And in a montage that could warm the heart of Hitler
[01:52.94]I raised him up so proud and motherly
[02:00.02]I swore that I was glancing in a mirror
[02:06.85]When in the language that I taught him, oh god, he began to speak
[02:12.86]He said
[02:13.55]"I am, I am, I am, I am the truth"
[02:20.89]"I am, I am, I am, I am the truth"
[02:31.68]And his eyes became a beacon, an LCD projector
[02:38.21]Broadcasting all my memories in a clear and vivid picture
[02:45.55]His tongue became a staircase, his uvula - The knocker
[02:52.29]Of an ornate wooden door that lead me straight into my future
[02:59.29]His throat became a hallway with a thousand baby pictures
[03:06.07]And I became forgiveness, I transformed into the closure that I lost
[03:13.45]When I learned about the tragedy of all of us
[03:19.72]I lost it when I learned about the tragedy of all of us
[03:26.68]Incorrigible illness in the loved ones hidden out of us
[03:33.42]I lost it when I learned about the tragedy of all of us
[03:40.42]I walked through the hallway to a room of only mirrors
[03:47.58]Reflecting me in bondage so I watched myself get freer
[03:54.50]I let my horns grow longer, I observed my skin get redder
[04:01.32]My soul became a hammer, I started to feel better
[04:07.98]My hatred turned to pity, my resentment blossomed flowers
[04:14.81]My bitter tasted candy, my misery was power
[04:21.67]The truth in me grew brighter, my nature and my nurture
[04:27.31]No more shame, no more fear, no more dread
[04:35.11]I am, I am, I am, I am the truth
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