Chemicals

from Maybe I'm a Friend That Stuck Around Too Long by Pemberton

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on my 8th birthday we went to see you there
in someone else’s rehabilitative care
but you could still walk, you’re in your prime
cause this was an infestation of the kind
ill fitting clothes from a thrift store, you don’t care to see me anymore
i didn’t know then but now i see
that you chose the drugs and forgot about me

the track marks race up and down your arms
they let us know you’re not so far away from harm
blood of my blood, diluted with chemicals, leaving your house never felt so mental
i don’t know when i saw you last, was it last christmas or sometime past

i heard you can’t help but lay awake at night
you’re growing too weak to even try to hide
that from your teeth to your knees
you’ve been falling to pieces
the scabs that grow on your face,
let us know you’ve found your place
it’s not where our mother wanted
it’s just where you’ve been haunted

the track marks race up and down your arms
they let us know you’re not so far away from harm
blood of my blood, diluted with chemicals, leaving your house never felt so mental
i don’t know when i saw you last, was it last christmas or sometime past

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from Maybe I'm a Friend That Stuck Around Too Long, released November 29, 2018

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Pemberton Adelaide, Australia

Adelaide’s Pemberton are offering something inherently fresh in the way of emo and melodic punk. Distinctively Australian, while fuelled by influences from much further afield, the five-piece from South Australia released new album, ‘Maybe I'm a Friend That Stuck Around Too Long’ in November 2018. ... more

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