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When did all those pyramids of promises come down?
Countless whispered eulogies
Poppy fields
Sliced in sideways
Dividends to buy
Lost in empty city ???
Be careful with that smile
Tearing pages from the ??? on the ???
??? corners abandoned ???
Reaching for a prettier sh??? who's gone

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alterego On Jun 05, 2011

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2011-06-05 16:18:01

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by diphthong

15y ago

It's hard to decipher the lyrics from the live versions on YouTube, but I hear the following phrases:

When did all those pyramids of promises come down?
Countless whispered eulogies
Poppy fields
Sideways
Dividends
Lost in empty city ???
Be careful with that smile
Tearing pages from the ??? on the ???
??? corners abandoned ???
Reaching for a prettier sh??? who's gone

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by diphthong 15y ago

Listened some more...

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SLICED IN sideways ???

Dividends TO BUY

SLICED IN sideways ???

Dividends TO BUY

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by alterEgo

15y ago

Please correct my lyrics, if they are wrong, cuz i always mess up the lyrics lol :) . Anyway, this is one nice song.

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