Wowsers.
Arguably BOTW here even with other heavy hitting topical battles going on.
Again, ultra tough because Blue wrote a technically splendid masterpiece here, but Bodey's verse gave me the feels and hit more emotionally with me.
So Blue closes on a nice 3 syllable multi:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue Bayou
you tried hard. you tried so damn hard
but i was working with the tools the devil’s soul hand carved
chance after chance didn’t matter. i was back in that cold bland bar
chasing something that didn’t matter. another old man scarred
pseudo smirk as the lights go dim. alone in the dark
time will forever be a flat circle. and so will my heart
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Which really isn't even the highlight because the WHOLE PIECE is tight structurally. Don't want to dismiss the emotion in this either. As the "distancing" is palpable with this couple throughout.
Gonna go back and forth here:
Then Bodey, not to be outdone, with some technical splendor of her own in this particular stanza
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bodey
Turns out, she was never off of her meds.
Motel 6, here she sits on a mutual friend
I stood there, frozen, as if my brain had lagged a bit
Her message to me earlier was a total accident.
Everything about us now had cracks in it
Heart flaking away til there’s only fragments left
Of what it used to be— uncompassionate
Thinking’s a labyrinth of everything hazardous
I get home, kick the bathroom in, just to bash some shit
This fascist bitch almost had me sick, salivatin elastic spit!
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BARS!
the final line has some phrases that are reaches, but still impressive.
Truth be told I was a little confused as to what the malady was of the girl, since she wasn't off her meds. I guess just being crazy and reckless and distant.
Another tossup, which is saying something about this week in the league.
I've done this before and I don't feel good about it.
"This" being voting against a verse which is better technically. But I'm not voting against Blue so much as rewarding Bodey for her hard hitting verse.
AHHH I feel dirty
V Bodey in the upset