Yet Again

Grizzly Bear

Yet again we're the only ones
No surprise, this is often how it's done
Lately it's about all I can take
I will move and mend and mold this break

Shell with another crack
I'm small but I can keep track
Too soon, everyone just step away
I'm sure this isn't the last play

Take it all in stride
Speak, don't confide
We barely had a case
It's done before we try
Stop and end by night
A desert in your face

Take score, even playing fields this game
I know when all's said we're the same
If I could I would leave it all be
No chance to move backwards and see

Take it all in stride
Speak, don't confide
We barely had a case
It's done before we try
Stop and end by night
A desert in your face

Take it all in stride
Speak, don't confide
We barely had a case
It's done before we try
Stop and end by night
A desert in your face


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Yet Again Lyrics as written by Christopher Robert Bear Christopher M. Taylor

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    Lyric Correction

    Just watched the Colbert Report performance again a few times, and he's saying "I will move and mend and mold this break" at the end of the first stanza

    stratocaster_1998on August 15, 2012   Link

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