Weakerthans - Manifest

i ^Awant to call requests through heating-v^Eents, and ^Dhear them answered with a whispered, &^Aquot;no." to ^Acrack the code of muscle, slacken, ^Etense. let ^Devery second step in boots on ^Asnow ^Acomplete your name with accents i can't ^Eplace, that ^Dstumble where the syllables ^Acombine. take ^Adepositions from a stranger's ^Eface. paint ^Devery insignificance a ^Asign.

so ^Dtell me nothing matters, less or ^Emore. ^Asay, "whatever we think act^Dions are, we'll ^Dnever know what anything was ^Efor." if &^Aquot;near is just as far awa^Dy as far,"

and i'm ^Apermitted one act i can ^Esave, i ^Dchoose to sit here next to you and ^Awave.