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" shroud ourselves in the cosmos

let the music play

bright star of the morning,

shine on his rising way "

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" there is a shortage in the blood supply

but there is no shortage of blood

the way i feel about you,

baby, can't explain it

you got the best of my love "

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taking to the hills and running away already sounds tight as fuck. my kind of deal. but you're telling me i'm also gonna get my perfect body back someday AND i'm going to be restored??? holyyyyy shit you guys. i'm so down.

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See the thing about the mountain goats is John Darnielle has written a song about every conceivable human emotion

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" i count my blessings,

but you can only be expected

to count so high

when love cuts the strings "

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" i will rise from the swamp

where they dumped my private plane

i'll be clutching the life preserver in my teeth

and i will find the highway

and i will flag down a truck

worry lines on my forehead,

blank stare underneath "

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we shall all be healed / inprnt

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" for several hours we lay there,

last ones of our kind

harder days coming, maybe, i don't mind

sounds kind of dumb

when i say it, but it's true

i would do anything for you "

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COME UNHINGED

GET REVENGE

I DON'T WANNA DIE IN HERE

I DON'T WANNA DIE IN HERE

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" be so hard to look away,

gotta be strong in the face of suffering

cut a good figure,

just in case somebody's watching

even if it ends up meaning nothing "

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" strong friends are where you find them

people talk all kinds of trash,

never you mind them

make it real, make a deal

until my protector comes "

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" it's so hard to get revenge

the human element drags you down

lead a solitary life if you can

try not to show your face in town "

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" feast like pagans

never get enough

sleep like dead men

wake up like dead men

and when the sun comes,

try not to hate the light

someday we'll try to walk upright "

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listening to the jordan lake sessions like damn. this really IS a refreshing take on a classic

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" before a black-and-white TV

in the middle of the night

i'm lying on the floor, i'm bathed in blue light

the telecast's in spanish, i can understand some

and i need justice in my life, here it comes "

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" arise from the storm drains

take to the streets

we, who've never once tasted

the stench of defeat "