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