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I was the shadow of a waxwing slain
I was the moonlight on a moving train
I was the center of a circle of light
I was my father's heart on a youthful night
I was a broken bat wing strewn
On a broken street, in a sunken moon
I was the sound of a hunting tune
I am the sound of a hunter's tune
I was the red king in moonlit flight
I was the danger in a drunken night
I was a ragged dog spoiling for a fight
I saw the death ship sailing when I was five
It's the Devil I love, and the Devil must die
Have mercy
I was a leveler, you were a thief
Cry mercy
I was transparent, your motives were murky
Cry mercy
Mercy
Left an Econoline carcass in a desert grave
Front right wheel splayed like a gull's wing on a tidal wave
It's who you leave behind, it's not who you save
That you'll be judged by
That you are judged by
I was the moonlight on a moving train
I was the center of a circle of light
I was my father's heart on a youthful night
On a broken street, in a sunken moon
I was the sound of a hunting tune
I am the sound of a hunter's tune
I was the danger in a drunken night
I was a ragged dog spoiling for a fight
I saw the death ship sailing when I was five
Have mercy
I was a leveler, you were a thief
Cry mercy
I was transparent, your motives were murky
Cry mercy
Mercy
Front right wheel splayed like a gull's wing on a tidal wave
It's who you leave behind, it's not who you save
That you'll be judged by
That you are judged by
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The opening line of this song is a quote from the poem "Pale Fire" by "John Shade", a fictional poet created by Vladimir Nabokov, for his novel of the same name.