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Down among the dead
The wide-eyed and the legless, only half a head
Half a mouth to laugh in the porthole
With the mold and faded epitaphs

Will you ever more tie up my hair with velvet bows?
Will you ever more pull out the splinters from my toes?
I don't think so

Out in the hornet rain the swarming stingers
Pumping poison through my veins
Lying on the star-crossed lover's map
Take the beating lash, lash for lash

Will we ever more kiss on the boardwalks fading rail?
In the light of the waves and the comet's waning tail
I don't think so

No more looking back, looking back, looking back
Faded epitaph
No more looking back, looking back, looking back
Faded epitaph
No more looking back, looking back, looking back
Faded epitaph
No more looking back, looking back, looking back
Faded epitaph

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missme On Dec 09, 2009

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Cover art for Wide-Eyed, Legless lyrics by Laura Veirs

by echoxxash

16y ago

Here are the correct lyrics. From the insert :) * where corrections are

Down among the dead The wide-eyed and the legless, only half a head Half a mouth to laugh in the porthole With the mold and faded epitaphs

Will you ever more tie up my hair with velvet bows? Will you ever more pull out the splinters from my toes? I don't think so

Out in the hornet rain the swarming stingers Pumping poison through my veins Lying on the star-crossed lover's map Take the beating lash, lash for lash

Will we ever more kiss on the boardwalks fading rail? In the light of the waves and the comet's waning tail I don't think so

No more looking back, looking back, looking back Faded epitaph No more looking back, looking back, looking back Faded epitaph No more looking back, looking back, looking back Faded epitaph No more looking back, looking back, looking back Faded epitaph

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