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The March Of The Elephants Lyrics

This cistern burns
With the sisters who learn
That certainty burns with a fist
The cyst of this growth
The cyst of this growth
Is a hope (against hope)
That I loathe, and steel myself to resist

I am an animal, unprepared
A club in a drawer full of silverware
I'm under there and breathily holding
Her underwear is dexerving a scolding

Disgrace is the color of red that you're looking for
I'll be wearing that working convenience store
Oh.

Fuck all the garbage in unforgiving piles
The landfills stretch out for ten thousand miles
The cities wear a badge that differentiates
But it's the same exact shit that the dirt and sea hate
I am an animal, unprepared
I am an animal, unprepared
I am an animal, unprepared

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x405pastmidnight On Apr 11, 2004

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2004-04-11 00:57:50

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Cover art for The March Of The Elephants lyrics by Lawrence Arms, The

by a_harkness

20y ago

definently one of the more disturbing side of the lawrence arms ..this song is raw, straight up, and pretty much a fuck you to the society..I love it

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by WARADE

19y ago

What a great song, I love these guys, they are great.

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