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Neutral Milk Hotel Lyrics

Close to me you are, we are boiled in milk
neutrals in the acid house, curdled in chaos
at least we can see who we are
not like those gone for the gold
we are boiled in milk.

Let us soothe your open wounds, dry your crying eyes (3x)

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mrtrout On Aug 22, 2002

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2002-08-22 17:48:09

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by neldhand

20y ago

'at least we can see who we aer not like those gone for gold' Pretty easy to understand, saying those that go only for riches dont get to understand themslelves as their busy worrying about material goals

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