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Fever in the night, and the tremors come on
But it's you who'll survive, just like nobody thought
Nails turnin' red, lying cold on the bed
And now it turns out, death's not the end

She was a bone, we sharpened our teeth
A magnificent drone, was serving under our feet
You'll be making me rich, he'll throw you away
And after he's gone, oh HeLa's here to stay

Radiation makes you weak, tried okays leave your speech
The world owes more than they'll pay, in the wind I heard them say...

Oh Henrietta, we can live on forever...
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brian On Aug 10, 2012
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Cover art for Henrietta lyrics by Yeasayer

More accurate lyrics:

Fever in the night, and the tremors come on But it's you who'll survive, just like nobody thought Nails turnin' red, lying cold on the bed And now it turns out, death's not the end

She was a bone, we sharpened our teeth A magnificent drone, was serving under our feet You'll be making me rich, he'll throw you away And after he's gone, oh HeLa's here to stay

Radiation makes you weak, tried okays leave your speech The world owes more than they'll pay, in the wind I heard them say...

Oh Henrietta, we can live on forever...

Cover art for Henrietta lyrics by Yeasayer

No idea what the words are, but it makes me think of the HeLa cells.

Cover art for Henrietta lyrics by Yeasayer

this song is all about henrietta lacks, the origin of the HeLa cell line, the first immortal line of human cells.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Lacks

 
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