The Engine of Feeling

Alone in the dark
Is this how they find me
It all comes out
Over and over me

I can’t move
And I can’t say
It all comes out
Over and over away

Floating in what I imagine
The engine of feeling has stalled
Sitting here with my ghosts
I can lose track of what I’m called

I’m not scared of loss
I’m no longer in control
Autopilot existence seems so freeing
Until it’s not so

This all stops with you
All the things you’d do
You taught me all I know
And I try not to forget to say no

Is this how they find me
Alone in the dark
It all comes out
All because of a spark

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The Anhedonia Generator
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