| This is for the lions living in the wiry broke down frames of my friends bodies
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| When the flood water comes, it ain’t gonna be clear. |
| It’s gonna look like mud
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| But I will help you swim
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| I will help you swim
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| I’m gonna help you swim
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| This is for the snakes and the people they bite
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| For the friends I’ve made; |
| for the sleepless nights
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| For the warning signs I’ve completely ignored
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| There’s an amount to take, reasons to take more
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| It’s no big surprise you turned out this way
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| When they close their eyes and prayed you would change
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| And they cut your hair, and sent you away
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| You stopped by my house the night you escaped
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| With tears in my eyes, I begged you to stay
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| You said, «Hey man, I love you but no fucking way»
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| I’m sure that we could find something for you to do on stage
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| Maybe shake a tambourine or when I sing, you sing harmonies
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| This is for the lake that me and my friends swim in, naked and dumb on a
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| drunken night
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| And it should’ve felt good but I can hear the Jaws theme song on repeat in the
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| back of my mind
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| Make sure you kiss your knuckles before you punch me in the face
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| There are lessons to be learned, consequences for all the stupid things I say
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| And it is no big surprise you turned out this way
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| The spark in your eyes, The look on your face
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| I will not be late
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| I’m sure we could find something for you to do on stage
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| Maybe shake a tambourine or when I sing you sing harmonies
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| I wanna contribute to the chaos
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| I don’t wanna watch and then complain
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| 'Cause I am through finding blame
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| That is the decision that I have made
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| She hopes I’m cursed forever to
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| Sleep on a twin-sized mattress
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| In somebody’s attic or basement my whole life
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| Never graduating up in size to add another
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| And my nightmares will have nightmares every night
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| Oh, every night. |
| Every night |