let's name the city

let's do it carefully though
an unnamed city is dangerous
it calls to all the lost souls

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we are lost souls: so to name
is to become part of: to give
is to become part of: i have

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i have become part of what
i fear most: i live between
the living and almost dead

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i cannot decide which is better

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so: let's name the city and i will
go, and we can walk like strangers
it'll be fitting knowing one another

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as strangers know our thoughts