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National Hum Lyrics

Your mayor is raising fences to keep bodies off the Don Valley Parkway.
Send your praises to the mechanics of the state
Singing sweetly from the mess into the valley of the damned

More and more neglected hands,
Judgment ripe, they’re starting bands, working on a new solution,
youth is not absolution

They say ‘I hate that sound!
When the porcine jamboree hits my town,
I’ve got a few words for the graceless herd!
The state ain’t my shepherd!"

More and more neglected hands,
Judgment ripe, they’re starting bands, working on a new solution,
youth is not absolution

Ole! to the kids
the state ain’t my shepherd!

More and more neglected hands,
Judgment ripe, they’re starting bands, Working on a new solution,
Youth is not absolution
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kittenchowmein On Mar 10, 2007
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Cover art for National Hum lyrics by Constantines, The

"Your mayor is raising fences" is a reference to the Bloor Street Viaduct in Toronto, which was a popular spot for suicides until the City put up a barrier to stop people from jumping off.

I think this song is about taking charge of your life, even if just to throw yourself off a bridge.

 
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