I woke up
(To diseases)
I shut out
(TV screens, and)
Then I count
(All my sneezes)
Then I count
(Well, he needs 'em)

I am a knight
I am a color, oh
I am a light
I am your brother, oh

I sat still
(With the syrup)
I feel ill
(It'll clear up)
Take my pill
(You don't fear us?)
Take my pill
(With the syrup)

I am a knight
I am a color, oh
I am a light
I am your brother, oh

Swing
Swing
Swing

I climbed hills of chimneys tall like butter
(Tall like caverns in my teeth)
And when I came to I did shudder
(We were trying to believe)

And when the day has ended
And when our hearts unfold
We'll glow like the night sky, oh
We'll glow like centerfolds

This is not our last disguise
(I love him, dark out of)
This is not our last disguise
(We are him, we love him)
This is not our last disguise
(Our love's not recited)
This is not our last disguise
(Ten years worth avoided)
This is not our last disguise
(We smoked it, we drank it)
This is not our last disguise
(It's warm like a blanket)
This is not our last disguise
(In forty years, they'll leave us
Unconscious, they hear us, they hear us, they hear us)


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    This is not our lasting sky (Our light did you right) This is not our lasting sky (The latter is fly) This is not our lasting sky (Our light did you right) This is not our lasting sky (The latter is fly) This is not our lasting sky (I love him, I know them, we owe him, we love him) This is not our lasting sky (Our lives are recited, ten years boy, I'll fight it) This is not our lasting sky (We love him, we drank it, it's not nice, I like him) This is not out lasting sky (All for you, they'll leave us, our conscious, they drew us, they drew us, they drew us)

    Is what I'm hearing at the end there

    AlexSyrupon March 08, 2012   Link

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