The Wolf That Ate Emily

from Forgotten Long Ago by Bears in the City

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a southern raised girl with a bandana mask
riding on a train on her way to Alaska
said she'd seen herself in the white of the snow
instead she ended up with nowhere to go

with her eyes and her pack both filled to the brim
held her nervous smile back, knew her chances were slim
she couldn't beat the word with that old pack of matches
she'd burn it all down to see how long it lasted

she went to the desert looking for land
standing on the line where the sun hits the sand
called up here friends said their best days were wasted:
"we couldn't make it pretty, we best just erase it"

parents called her up and they left her a message, said
"we've missed you more and more since the day you left us"
pale white, like the milk carton girl
"just give us back our daughter, she ran from the world"

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from Forgotten Long Ago, released April 11, 2014

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