A spirit or a sensation

from Porcelain Hammer by -k

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I’ve been an intellectual pilgrim,
I’ve been sailing on a comfortable sofa.
I’ve been searching for a new persona
On the television and in the movies.
But I think I’m too impressionable
I keep on sticking in each mold I fill
Allowing every new idea
To redirect my view.
But I wasn’t searching for revelation
Just some evidence to prove I was right,
And to justify my reasoning
In a dialogue that I’ve been rehearsing.
Cause I’ve been practicing philosophy,
But I haven’t really told no one,
But I’ve been questioning almost everything,
And self-deconstructing.
And I played the devil’s advocate
So long, I’m beginning to trust him.
I keep stirring up arguments
In matters of little importance
And it seems I’m no longer impartial.
Every debate is personal.
It’s not a matter of promoting an ideal,
It’s just my own need to be right.
But I’m just afraid
I’m just a fraud
I don’t actually believe
Half the thoughts that I express
I’m just opposing everything
Just to be different,
Just to be difficult
Oh the source of this longing,
What is it that I seek?
Is it a spirit or a sensation?
Or simply to be unique?

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from Porcelain Hammer, released June 11, 2014

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-k Hurdland, Missouri

i sing songs that pop in my head.
I record them so i can forget them.
Here they are.
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