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the sixth course: the desert cities of tormani & csipherus

In which we raise a city from the dead.

L. I’m a man of three fears: integrity, faith, and crocodile tears

LI. I’m searching for a god who will carry me away

LII. there’s a desert in my blood and a storm in your eyes

LIII. I won’t forget to close your eyes for you

LIV. well, I’ve lost it all, I’m just a silhouette

LV. hello there, the angel from my nightmare

LVI. all of this stress gave me something to write on, the pain gave me something I could set my sights on

LVII. it’s haunting how I can’t seem to find myself again, my walls are closing in

LVIII-s. take me home, I’m learning to live with ghosts

LVIII-h. give me lip, imma send you to the yard, get a stick

LIX. if I stumble, they’re gonna eat me alive

LX. I’m just a kid and life is a nightmare

LXI. so darken your clothes and strike a violent pose, maybe they’ll leave you alone but not me

LXII. take your tears, put ’em on ice

LXIII. but there’s still tomorrow, forget the sorrow, and I can be on the last train home

LXIV-s. hey kid, you’ll never live this down

LXIV-t. holding out for a hero ’til the end of the night

LXV. you always fold just before you’re found out

LXVI. turning saints into the sea

LXVII. looks like you found a way to reach my heart

LXVIII. you need a big god

LXIX. I think I’m falling asleep but all that it means is I’ll always be dreaming of you

LXX. when the day breaks after nightfall, I will be there, you know I will

LXXI. I walk these lines of blasphemy every day, and still

LXXII. ’cause we could be immortals, immortals, just not for long

LXXIII. if I stay here, trouble will find me

LXXIV. I can forget about the criminal I am, stealing second after second just ’cause I know I can

LXXV. the saddest songs are major keys

LXXVI. at the end of the world or the last thing I see

LXXVII. afterlife, oh my god, what an awful word

LXXVIII. the one the battles always choose

LXXIX-s. done a lot of things wrong but I swear I’m a believer

LXXIX-h. push, shove, a little bruised and battered, oh lord, I ain’t coming home with you

LXXX. she’s got a mission and I’m collateral damage

LXXXI. I can barely hear over the music in my head

LXXXII. I believe in fate, I believe my brain can compensate

LXXXIII. every living thing pushed into the ring, fight it out to wow the crowd

LXXXIV. forever and ever, a night in search of a day

LXXXV. anger of angels who won’t return

LXXXVI. don’t pretend you ever forgot about me

LXXXVII-s. you’re caught in the wire, well, I’ll lift you up

LXXXVII-h. I want to to run away, never say goodbye, I want to know the truth instead of wondering why

LXXXVIII. I keep the promises you don’t make

LXXXIX. and the sun will set for you

XC. and you say I’ve got it all wrong, ’cause you know I’m just a poor unfortunate soul

XCI. when I said I’d return to you, I meant more like a relapse

XCII. I hate this weather, but I’m guessing that the cold will have to do

XCIII. it’s a terrible love and I’m walking in

XCIV. facing tempests of dust, I’ll fight ’til the end

XCV. and though you’re dead and gone, believe me, your memory will carry on

XCVI. the world will never take my heart

XCVII-s. it’s me and my plus one at the afterlife

XCVII-f. nothing satisfies me but your soul

XCVIII. if we make it through the night, we’ll watch the morning sun

the adventure continues at loxodon luncheon

onto the seventh course