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Sis, I took the petals of my dress and matched it To the celebrations of blood, so tired of the work oh, we wept remember how the linen would coil up your blood smelling like pasture pains, the pastor explained where we’ve come from oh, church the blessed be of a God, but don’t forget, mental health Wait no, you wait we cannot savor that mental health, we merely need a God oh, if we had a God, he wouldn’t let us need mental health isn’t that right mm-hmm mm-hmm oh, we in unison, songs together am I right? heels go click, click, click but the petals of my dress look tired, same dress every Sunday ’magine that a place where the dress doesn’t matter just a nook of prayer that the thoughts I tolerate fit this dress I could use a brand-new dress.
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