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Salt
01:49
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In the dark I crawled and crept, then I saw you sitting at the root of a rosebush and you were dazzled in white and I thought "really they should be red, don't you think?"
But I thought too much so I kept my distance,
I turned away and crouched in fear
But I sustained and I prayed for my own self and cleaned the mirror for the sake of my own reflection
Just like Lot, I walked away and I never looked back
Caught the train, got off at Prospect, went on my former path
Visited the pillars of salt that I drag with me still
It wasn't bad company. When I reached the shrine I had made for you
I was knee-deep in my joy
I was knee-deep in my joy
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Dog eat Dog
02:45
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Twelve years older, ten times stronger
I collapse with every shake of the frame
Here once again is your intervention
Make me out to be some idiot and
push all of us out the window of our home
Never take me with you, never look me in the eye
Dog eat dog, that's you and I
I asked sister if she feels the wind too
But I don't think she's as honest as I am
So I knelt for myself and my sorrow, too
But I wish I could kneel for you
All you ever did is make us cry
Dog eat dog, that's you and I
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This morn' I messed up big time,
Misjudged my talents completely
Fell off the piano seat and broke my left arm,
Hard but neatly
And as I'm left handed,
I can write no more
I can't sing the songs or write what's in my core
But walking 'round the house is doing me good
It's making me wonder how and when I should.
makes me feel like a saint or martyr, surfing through
pitchforks, wading through the water!
But at night I pray for Leonard Cohen
And something feels all right
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Fay of flowerbeds and morning fog
I haven't seen you in quite some time
And I only think about it
Because when we'd talk, we'd rhyme
I only think about it 'cause you had my heart so full
I could barely speak
With summer lawns and tarot cards,
You put my breath at ease
I only think about it sometimes
When my legs are numb and pained
When I can't quite seem to turn my head the other way
I only think about it 'cause you had my heart so full
I could barely speak
With summer lawns and tarot cards,
You put my breath at ease
Fay of flowerbeds and morning fog
When we'd talk, we'd rhyme
When we'd talk, we'd rhyme
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Tree
01:44
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