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Overthrown

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Overthrown Lyrics

We fall through water
Unsung, unseen
And days thought endless
Lose more light and heat
So let the dead bury their dead
I should leave

For I am, for I am overthrown
Confess to me now, confess to me now

Half in sunlight
And half in shade
Words in collision
I bend to your shape
I see the skull beneath the skin
I see it all

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sethbrown On Nov 10, 2004

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sethbrown

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2004-11-10 10:26:05

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by Sirius1

21y ago

One of the saddest songs you will hear.

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by Threepwud

19y ago

Anyone actually know what this means?

Sob sob sob...

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