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“She wipes her forehead with her wrist She's just back from a double shift Esther's a carer doing nights Behind her on the kitchen wall is a black and white picture of swallows in flight Her eyes are sore her muscles ache she cracks a beer and swigs it She holds it to her thirsty lips and necks it till it's finished. It's 4:18 a.m. again. Her brain is full of all she's done that day She knows that she won't sleep a wink before the sun is on it's way. She's worried about the world tonight. She's worried all the time. She don't know how she's supposed to put it from her mind . . . - Europe is Lost” — Kate Tempest
She wipes her forehead with her wrist
She's just back from a double shift
Esther's a carer
doing nights
Behind her
on the kitchen wall
is a black and white picture
of swallows in flight
Her eyes are sore
her muscles ache
she cracks a beer
and swigs it
She holds it
to her thirsty lips
and necks it
till it's finished.
It's 4:18 a.m. again.
Her brain is full
of all she's done that day
She knows
that she won't sleep a wink
before the sun
is on it's way.
She's worried about the world tonight.
She's worried all the time.
She don't know how
she's supposed
to put it
from her mind . . .
- Europe is Lost