Intro
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[Verse 1]
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While Mo-ther kee-pest Watch while and wee-pest
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'till me-mo-ries cro-owd
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And Fa-ther mour-neth Ab-sence he bur-neth
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Grief will cry a-lou-ud
[half intro]
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[Verse 2]
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And no-one li-ives The spores have lan-ded
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There is no bright si-ide
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Si-lence is gol-den E-ven my spi-rit
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sleeps in my o-pen hands
[Chorus]
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Wet-tened e-very flap of En-gland's flag
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Pro-claimed that all a-round are free
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And mil-lions earth-ly joy re-mains
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Fiery sparks, the eye of brea-king hearts
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Pro-du-cing to the mind in e-very
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shape and kind Pro-duce the mind
[Bridge]
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Had no idea, no-one did, make it quick And I don't
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want to hurt She is my wit-ness
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O-one more stab a-and its back to the shop
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Or leave as things a-a-are a-a-are
[intro with different metric]
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[Verse 3]
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Vain de-ceit of grief Show of un-be-lief
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Hope to blind and bri-ief
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Hide my be-lo-ved De-eath is pa-assed
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A-gain no more to me
[Bridge]
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Had no idea, no-one did, make it quick And I don't
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want to hurt She is my wit-ness
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O-one more stab a-and its back to the shop
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Or leave as things a-a-are a-a-are
[Intro]
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[outro repeat at will]
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