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Tomcat Disposables

I have mapped the cupboards and drawers
Tracked the least walked spots on the floor
Happy to be home, safe and warm
As shadows by their feet
The odd vanishing treat
Quietly eating while they sleep

So here's where I'll be raising my kids
If I can find someone to start a family with
'Til then, I'll dream of the day my odds and ends fit
I'll wake up, there'll be food on the stove
Forever, and never want for more

Is thеre cheese in the grеat beyond?
Rinds of parmesan
Wine to water, night from dawn
Life gets shorter, teeth grow long
Mind me not, and I'll
mind my own, and my mind's
Not one bite smaller or lesser than yours
Do I belong in right and wrong?
Nature, I guess

One night one flung light through this place
So I run for cover, over, under, left the rind out on the plate
Little heart racing and praying, "Something, keep me safe"
I think it saw my face
Okay, one hungry day
Is nothing come what may

But then winter came inside for three nights
Left me grinding my teeth between my walls
And gripping my dreams tight
Curled up, kept my head up, and put up the fight
I'll make it through again
I have before
C'mon now, what's one more?

Is thеre cheese in the grеat beyond?
Rinds of parmesan
Wine to water, night from dawn
Life gets shorter, teeth grow long
Mind me not, and I'll
Mind my own, and my mind's
Not one bite smaller or lesser than yours
Do I belong in right and wrong?
Nature, I guess

Spring bloomed in the kitchen again
So I crawled out of the wall and squinting
Saw hope on the stovetop
Just like I'd always imagined it
More than I could eat
My dreams were finally reality
My struggles had a happy ending
They must want to be friends

My stomach starts to turn
With thirst, why does it hurt?
My just dessert is served, dig in

So I stumble back to bed
Something's not quite right
Guess I'll just go rest my head
Now, as I lay me down to sleep
I expect no dreams
And no sweet goodbye to me

Flatline in the morning light
I held on so tight
For so long, it's just not right
Let a sigh out as I close my eyes
Was that all there was to this?
What's for the best?

Is thеre cheese in the grеat beyond?
Rinds of parmesan
Wine to water, night from dawn
Life gets shorter, teeth grow long
Mind me not, and I'll
Mind my own, and my mind
Held the same light as the one in your eyes

Do I belong in right and wrong?
One dies alone, and why? Don't know
Goodbye, so long
To mice in homes

Nature, I guess

Forever, and never want for more

this line shows a certain resignation for the way things are. the protagonist has described the most basic living situation, and is treating it like a great luxury: this is because these bare needs have never been catered to for it, meaning it sees them as a luxury, and does not understand that it is bad that these have been kept from it. it has learned to live in a world which doesn't cater to it.

Is there cheese in the great beyond?

this is the mouse asking if the afterlife will cater to it, since life has not taken care of its needs (here, "cheese" is used as a metaphor for anything a person may need.)

Life gets shorter, teeth grow long

Mice's teeth never stop growing, as they are worn down by chewing on things. the mouse's teeth are growing long because it is not eating.

Willard!

You know I couldn't hurt a fly, my friend
I'm not the type to step on ants
I've nearly cried for moths that die at porchlight lamps
More for the plights of mice than men
See I myself have been stepped on so many times
It's started to feel like my place
I've failed to fit into those nests that scrape the sky
Is there room for me in your cage?

Animals are people too, but these people are animals
Hunt in packs and act as though that proves we can't survive alone
I guess we just evolved disgust for prevention of infection though
Shame was an invention made for prisons, pales, and pest control

Yeah, sure, thumbs are great and all
But I just get "bare necessities", "Hakuna Matata"'s and "C'est le vie"'s,
"Que sera sera"'s what a crock, I mean
Big talk for a chimpanzee

You might seem behind bars, but friend, this cage is inside out
It's awful out here, Socrates

I've never understood what humans do and want
it's quite confusing to me to try to connect
Never learned how I should feel, instincts somehow stunted
Just seem haunted by my stupid urge to protect
Until frustration makes me wish my teeth were sharp as yours
Chew through their garage doors these carnivores will no more use my heart
They'd call me crazy, but their words all seem made up to me
Maybe they just need more friendship like yours

So gather 'round Pandora's skinner's box, look through the one-way-mirror
If you can see in shades of gray the colors are much clearer
Oh my friend, you've got a friend in me, et's go make more enemies
Although my eyes face forward climb up on my shoulder
Sure you'll see my point of view, I'd bring you with me

To the office in my pocket but the world would put us down
Lock me up and toss the key
You might seem behind bars, but friend, this cage is inside out

It's dangerous out here, Socrates

It's lonely out here, Socrates

Euthanasia

I was right there, while you fought tooth and nail
Gasping in the gas mask, thrashing 'til you disappeared
Say you're not scared
That you know it's because I cared and
Say you know I love you, and that hope was just not there

And I know, I know that I'm wrong
That when you're gone, you're gone
And I can't bring you home
But I want, I want to believe
That you'll remember me
When you're just memory

Roots in the ground
Or uploaded to the cloud, or
Warm inside our hearts or as electrons in our head, nowhere now
Over the rainbow, can I stop by and say hello?
And sorry, I would take it back if I could, but I know

To love one from too far to call
Is not to love at all
To whom is it I talk?
But I want, I want to believe
That you can still hear me
When you're just memory

Said, "It's okay"
And "it'll all be over soon"
"I'd never let a bad thing happen to you,
now, goodnight, I love you!"

And every, everybody dies
Fighting for their lives
Just trying to survive
Well, now I know, I know why we say
That there's a better place
That waits beyond the grave
Oh, oh

And I know, I know it's not true
There's just no more you
But as long as there's no proof
Then I choose, I choose to believe
That we'll meet in sweet dreams
After you're put to sleep