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We Bought The Flood Lyrics
I was born with a teacup on my head,
Copper tin and lead, ash and dust.
Sky color: Indiana Red,
Like Kansas, Oklahoma, plus a thousand years of rust.
Examine it carefully before it's set ablaze,
Take it all in before it's gone, gone, gone.
Let's notice everything, I mean every grain of salt.
Let's be thorough to a fault and next time
we'll build it twice as strong.
And all of this will disappear as quickly as it came,
The fire and the rain oxidize and rearrange
Focus on the pain,
Focus on the way to get out.
Virginia, 1902.
There was nothing we could do, cracked bell fell off a train,
Slow walking down Cedar Avenue,
I came to find you, I came to feel urbane.
No more speed, no more direction,
No more push and pull, and no more lessons,
Save it for the afterlife, don't want to hear your confessions,
It's the hammer walking, then it's the hammer down.
And all of this will disappear as quickly as it came,
The fire and the rain oxidize and rearrange
Focus on the pain,
Focus on the way to get out.
Copper tin and lead, ash and dust.
Sky color: Indiana Red,
Like Kansas, Oklahoma, plus a thousand years of rust.
Take it all in before it's gone, gone, gone.
Let's notice everything, I mean every grain of salt.
Let's be thorough to a fault and next time
we'll build it twice as strong.
The fire and the rain oxidize and rearrange
Focus on the pain,
Focus on the way to get out.
There was nothing we could do, cracked bell fell off a train,
Slow walking down Cedar Avenue,
I came to find you, I came to feel urbane.
No more push and pull, and no more lessons,
Save it for the afterlife, don't want to hear your confessions,
It's the hammer walking, then it's the hammer down.
The fire and the rain oxidize and rearrange
Focus on the pain,
Focus on the way to get out.
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I was born with a teacup on my head, Copper tin and lead, ash and dust. Sky color: Indiana Red, Like Kansas, Oklahoma, plus a thousand years of rust.
Examine it carefully before it's set ablaze, Take it all in before it's gone, gone, gone. Let's notice everything, I mean every grain of salt. Let's be thorough to a fault and next time we'll build it twice as strong.
And all of this will disappear as quickly as it came, The fire and the rain oxidize and rearrange Focus on the pain, Focus on the way to get out.
Virginia, 1902. There was nothing we could do, cracked bell fell off a train, Slow walking down Cedar Avenue, I came to find you, I came to feel urbane.
No more speed, no more direction, No more push and pull, and no more lessons, Save it for the afterlife, don't want to hear your confessions, It's the hammer walking, then it's the hammer down.
And all of this will disappear as quickly as it came, The fire and the rain oxidize and rearrange Focus on the pain, Focus on the way to get out.
Thanks, I just got my copy too. So fun reading the lyrics!
What does he mean by:
I was born with a teacup on my head
something fragile and easily stirred from its place. he's saying he was born into a precarious position.
something fragile and easily stirred from its place. he's saying he was born into a precarious position.