Mewithoutyou - January, 1979 lyrics

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January, 1979. <br />

Saw a terrible crash and i couldn't help but laugh, <br />

As my ear pressed against the past like a glass on a wall of a house in a photograph.<br />

My forehead no longer sweet with holy kisses worthy of your fiery lips. <br />

I was floating in a peaceful sea 'rescued' by a sinking ship. <br />

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If I could become the servant of all, no lower place to fall. (If could be your servant) <br />

If I could become the servant of all, no lower place to fall. (If I could be your servant) <br />

If I could become the servant of all, no lower place to fall. (If could be your servant) <br />

If I could become the servant of all, no lower place to fall. (If I could be your servant) <br />

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You watch me like a ten car highway wreck with detached, vulgar curiosity.<br />

This looking down at the tops of the hats of us passers-by from your 7th floor balcony. <br />

From such a height you missed creatures too small for sight carry on covert conversations. <br />

And the misguided insects crown me their grasshopper king with a dance of celebration. <br />

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After years with a crown on my head, I've grown overfed, unconcerned and comfortably numb. <br />

Kept busy indulging in the pleasures of the wealthy. <br />

(Someone make me afraid of what I've become!) <br />

At the first sign of possible sorrow, I turned my heels and ran. <br />

(Oh, I'll never learn.) <br />

My life is a cup of sugar I've borrowed before time began and forgot to return. <br />

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It was a matter of time--I always said I could see so now I'm going blind. (I could be your servant) <br />

It was a matter of time--I always said I could see so now I'm going blind. (If I could be your servant) <br />

It was a matter of time--I always said I could see so now I'm going blind. (I could be your servant) <br />

It was a matter of miserable time-- but I heard somewhere there was a cure for useless eyes? (If I could be your servant)