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The Gristle and the Grit

from Take Heart, It's Almost Over by Mark McCabe

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I was scared of you today
And I’m not certain but I think we lost our way
Trapped between the give and take
The halfway point between a fracture and a break

I have chewed and spat it out
Scraped it up and put it back inside my mouth
Past the gristle and the grit
I will chew until I find a place we fit

We’re running ourselves into the ground

I’m stuck down to this floor.
I need to feel your hand pull me through that door
I’m wasted but I’m wired
Alive but living two feet from the pyre
I’m healthy but I’m not
A perfume worn to hide a hint of rot
It takes everything I’ve got
To climb to my knees
I’m begging could you please lift me up?

I have wondered where you are
Wondered why you’d ever let it get this far
An angry man afraid to die
A stubborn anthem lost beneath a plaintive cry

And I’m sorry, I’m sorry I can’t feel his grace
The smoke is thick and the flames lick at my face
I’m sorry, It takes so much just to grieve
A life spent alive is the best that I can be

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from Take Heart, It's Almost Over, released June 5, 2020

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Mark McCabe Bristol, UK

Songwriter from the North east of Scotland.
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