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Captain Sorely was a poet, and he died without a mouth among the mouthless millions he'd written his poems about.

And we should be so lucky to die like Captain Sorely, to die mouthless and gory, with teeth left to tell our stories.

'Cause when I die, I'll die without a mouth, I'll die without a mouth, I'll die without a mouth. And we all will die without our mouths, without our mouths, without our mouths.

The blind eye sees no honor or tears or praise or hurt. The love you had is in the trenches, and the trenches have filled with dirt.

And I should be so lucky to die without any glory, to die without any loving, to die without any seeing, to die like Captain Sorely, and have enough left for a story.

'Cause when I die, I'll die without a mouth, I'll die without a mouth, I'll die without a mouth. And we all will die without our mouths, without our mouths, without our mouths.

Captain Sorely was a poet and he was shot in the head, so here's to you my captain, so lovely and mouthless and dead. You'll never know my singing 'cause you're lovely and mouthless and dead. One day, someday, I sing of the day we'll be lovely and mouthless and dead.

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from The Cutest Little Knife, released May 13, 2014

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Blankets for Laura Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Blankets for Laura is the mostly defunct solo music project of Shay Park. She now makes music with Soda Club. facebook.com/sodaclubpgh

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