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Accident Of Birth Lyrics
Journey back to the dark side, back into the womb
Back to where the spirits move like vapor from the tomb
The center of the cyclone, blowing out the sun
Break the shackles of your union to the light
I might've had a brother
As I was born, they dragged him under
To the other side of twilight
He's waiting for me now
Nativity was lost on me
I didn't ask, I couldn't see
What created me?
What and where and how?
Welcome home - it's been too long, we've missed you
Welcome home - we've opened up the gates
Welcome home - to your brothers and sisters
Welcome home - to an accident of birth
Feel our bodies breathing as you try to stop believing
There's nothing you can do about your shadows
You can fight us, you are like us
And your body will betray you
Lay down and die like all the others
Where are the angels and their wings of freedom?
Jesus had his day off when they pulled you through...
Welcome home - it's been too long, we've missed you
Welcome home - we've opened up the gates
Welcome home - to your brothers and sisters
Welcome home - to an accident of birth
...to an accident of birth
Vision's growing dim as the daylight fades away
A spinning, twisting black hole - it's your dying day
Welcome home - it's been too long, we've missed you
Welcome home - we've opened up the gates
Welcome home - to your brothers and sisters
Welcome home - to an accident of birth
Welcome home - it's been too long, we've missed you
Welcome home - we've opened up the gates
Welcome home - to your brothers and sisters
Welcome home - to an accident of birth
Back to where the spirits move like vapor from the tomb
The center of the cyclone, blowing out the sun
Break the shackles of your union to the light
As I was born, they dragged him under
To the other side of twilight
He's waiting for me now
I didn't ask, I couldn't see
What created me?
What and where and how?
Welcome home - we've opened up the gates
Welcome home - to your brothers and sisters
Welcome home - to an accident of birth
There's nothing you can do about your shadows
You can fight us, you are like us
And your body will betray you
Lay down and die like all the others
Jesus had his day off when they pulled you through...
Welcome home - we've opened up the gates
Welcome home - to your brothers and sisters
Welcome home - to an accident of birth
...to an accident of birth
A spinning, twisting black hole - it's your dying day
Welcome home - we've opened up the gates
Welcome home - to your brothers and sisters
Welcome home - to an accident of birth
Welcome home - we've opened up the gates
Welcome home - to your brothers and sisters
Welcome home - to an accident of birth
Song Info
Submitted by
bruce On Apr 26, 2002
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I totally agree, I looooooooooooooove Bruce with a deep passion! Paddy is a very lucky lady! He's so talented, I'm VERY jealous!
is your username from that movie with clint eastwood? heartbrake ridge i think it's called?
is your username from that movie with clint eastwood? heartbrake ridge i think it's called?
Quote (out of the Accident of Birth solo edition sleeve): The title track was "about a guy who should never have been born, but was. His family are all dead, and they want him back."
I read some place that Bruce was the result of a failed abortion, and that Bruce was not supposed to be born. This song has probably got something to do with that. I can't imagine what music would've been like without him. He is the best!
wow that's a shocking story poor bruce and thanks god he did was born
wow that's a shocking story poor bruce and thanks god he did was born
All I know is this is a cool song. Its hard to find a lot of his solo stuff where I live though.
OOOOO OOOOOO IT'S ABOUT ME! MEEEEEEEEE!!!!! (great song, obviously about someone maybe bruce as .ChildOfTheNight. said, who wasn't meant to be born, just like me ^_^)
fucking depressing..
.ChildOfTheNight. is partially right - what I said before, what the song is about, was supposedly written in reference to the revelation that he was a mistake and shouldn't have been born.
Cool song. I also read that Bruce was an accident of birth. When I heard for the first time, I thought it was a song about the birth of Jesus, what it is because he is quoted. In the Bible, when he learned that a king was born, Herodes ordered that all children of each household were killed that day. But Jesus was born in a stable ... Bruce and Jesus Christ are accidents of birth.
Cool song. I also read that Bruce was an accident of birth. When I heard for the first time, I thought it was a song about the birth of Jesus, what it is because he is quoted. In the Bible, when he learned that a king was born, Herodes ordered that all children of each household were killed that day. But Jesus was born in a stable ... Bruce and Jesus Christ are accidents of birth.