Verse
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Strange overtones god bless the overgrown child that could
F#
Hold his own throwing stones at a sky full of drones
D#
He clipped a wing then fell to earth and hit close to home
F#
And found insects nesting in his mobile phone
D#
It's wishful thinking that a song can heal a sick rose
F#
I sit and pull thistles out my thick skull — live slow
D#
Keep it simple — sweep the fallen leaves out the temple
F#
When it's ten below, freezing in the cold, wind blows
D#
Some nights we overindulge kick back, shoot the
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Shallow shit, chew the pig fat, act on impulse
D#
Met my love after Elohim so my ribs closed
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With devils selling dreams at the disco. took her hand and
D#
Stumbled toward the exit felt the pressure build
F#
Precious virtuosic flesh clearing that it's dressed to kill
D#
I'll sit alone and watch the rain falling from your eyes
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When they crack the seven sill below the solemn summer sky
[Chorus]
D#
Birds in the cage, rats in the belly
F#
Snakes in the grass, bats in the belfry
D#
About the ocean that professed love to ishmael
F#
While sifting through the serpent like intestines of a sick whale
D#
(that sounds dangerous) beneath the sleep-like veil
F#
I read the stomach lining of the beast like braille
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And walk the street feeling like my feet might fail
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(Thats how i learn — you can do it too)
[Verse 2]
D#
I'm learning not to hold my tongue — but how to hold a tune
F#
With a drop of golden sun leaking from an open wound
D#
Below the full moon — reposing in the womb
F#
Sticking acupuncture pins in your thick skull balloon
D#
I make my way through the forest to chart progress
F#
Following the queen, running with sharp objects
D#
Stop, catch your breath, set the hatchet down dig a hole and
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Bury it, god bless the poet proletariat
D#
The lowly, lost, lord we get down on both knees
F#
Choking back tears while the world moves at full speed
D#
You give 'em time, they'll pilfer the village blind
F#
What's ill is they're building shrines to realists and philistines
D#
And hide shame with pride — I'm guilty of the same sin
F#
Born with the same snake attached to the brain stem
D#
Strange beautiful things losing their wings
F#
From heaven's promised heights to the crucible flames — listen:
[Chorus]
D#
Birds in the cage, rats in the belly
F#
Snakes in the grass, bats in the belfry
D#
About the ocean that professed love to ishmael
F#
While sifting through the serpent like intestines of a sick whale
D#
(that sounds dangerous) beneath the sleep-like veil
F#
I read the stomach lining of the beast like braille
D#
And walk the street feeling like my feet might fail
F#
(Thats how i learn — you can do it too)