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Achilles,

Achilles,
            
Achilles come 

 
down
         
Won’t you get 

up off,
             
Get up off the

    
 roof

        
You’re scaring

 us
     
and all of us
          
some of us lov

e you
          
Achilles, it’s

   
 not much
             
but there’s pr

     
oof

          
You crazy asse

  
d cosmonaut
            
remember your 


virtue
          
redemption lie

             
s plainly in t

     
ruth

          
Just humor us,

   
 Achilles
            
Achilles come 


down
          
won’t you get 

up off,
             
get up off the

 
 roof.

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Achilles,

Achilles,
            
Achilles come 

 
down
         
Won’t you get 

up off,
             
Get up off the

       
 roof?

          
The self is no

     
t so weightles

s
            
Nor whole and 

  
unbroken
          
Remember the p

          
act of our you

   
th

          
Where you go, 

    
I'm going
            
So jump and I'

  
m jumping
          
Since there is

             
 no me without

    
 you.

         
Soldier on, Ac

hilles
            
Achilles come 


down
          
Won't you get 

up off
             
Get up off the

     
 roof?

         
Loathe the way

            
 they light ca

         
ndles in Rome
            
But love the s

             
weet air of th

        
e votives
         
Hurt and griev

            
e but don't su

     
ffer alone
            
Engage with th

           
e pain as a mo

     
tive
            
Today of all d


ays
     
See
            
How the most d

            
angerous thing

      
 is to love
            
How you will h

           
eal and you'll

     
 rise above

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Achilles

Achilles
            
Achilles jump 


now
          
You are absent

    
 of cause
         
Or excuse

      
So self-indulg

ent
            
And self-refer


ential
          
No audience co

             
uld ever want 

    
you

          
You crave the 

  
applause
            
Yet hate the a

 
ttention
          
Then miss it, 

             
your act is a 

    
ruse

          
It is empty, A


chilles
            
So end it all 


now
          
It's a pointle

     
ss resistance
         
For you

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Achilles

Achilles
            
Just put down 

    
the bottle
          
Don't listen t

             
o what you've 

          
consumed

          
It's chaos, co

 
nfusion
           
And wholly unw

orthy
          
Of feeding and

             
 it's wholly u

      
ntrue

          
You may feel n

  
o purpose
            
Nor a point fo

   
r existing
          
It's all just 

             
conjecture and

       
 gloom

          
And there may 

       
not be meaning
            
So find one an

  
d seize it
          
Do not waste y

             
our self on th

      
is roof

         
Hear those bel

            
ls ring deep i

      
n the soul
           
Chiming away f

          
or a moment
         
Feel your brea

            
th course fran

    
kly below
          
See life as a 

         
worthy opponen

    
t

            
Today of all d


ays
       
See
            
How the most d

            
angerous thing

       
 is to love
            
How you will h

           
eal and you'll

      
 rise above
             
Crowned by an 

         
overture bold 

      
and beyond
              
Ah, it's more 

             
courageous to 

    
overcome

    
You want the a

cclaim
    
The mother of 

mothers (it's 

not worth it A

chilles)
     
More poignant 

than fame
            
Or the taste o

   
f another (don

't listen Achi

lles)
       
But be real an

d just jump
    
You dense moth

erfucker (you'

re worth more,

 Achilles)
    
You will not b

e more
            
Than a rat in 

    
the gutter (so

 much more tha

n a rat)
    
You want my op

inion (no one 

asked your opi

nion)
    
My opinion you

've got
    
You asked for 

my counsel (no

 one asked for

 your thoughts

)
            
I gave you my 


thoughts
   
Be done with t

his now
    
And jump(get) 

off the roof

Can you hear me Achilles?
              
I'm talking to

 
 you
              
I'm talking to

     
 you
              
I'm talking to

 
 you

I'm talking to you
              
Achilles come 


down
              
Achilles come 

     
down

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Throw yourself

          
 into the unkn

own
          
With pace and 

             
a fury defiant
         
Clothe yoursel

            
f in beauty un


told
          
And see life a

             
s a means to a

      
 triumph
            
Today of all d


ays
      
See
            
How the most d

            
angerous thing

       
 is to love
            
How you will h

           
eal and you'll

      
 rise above
             
Crowned by an 

         
overture bold 

      
and beyond
              
Ah, it's more 

             
courageous to 

    
overcome