Past Lives - Past Lives lyrics

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I was standing on a beach<br />

at an ocean of broken glass<br />

I was building castles <br />

from the cinders and the ash<br />

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civilizations come and go<br />

to the sound of a howling hound<br />

and a tank foaming at the mouth<br />

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I searched the record books and bibliographies<br />

I traced the crooked lines of strange geography<br />

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counted every speck of dust<br />

and every grain of sand<br />

and when our love my work was through<br />

I still could not find you<br />

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from your mother's mother<br />

to your children's kids<br />

from the birthmark to the burning witch<br />

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I was waiting watching turning time<br />

I stared the sight right off my eyes<br />

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I've seen it all<br />

once or maybe twice<br />

I've read the scriptures<br />

taken the advice<br />

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I've asked the prophets<br />

asked the crystal ball<br />

I've asked the silhouettes <br />

climbing up my walls<br />

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from your mother's mother<br />

to your children's kids<br />

the birthmark to the burning witch<br />

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I was waiting watching counting time<br />

I stared the sight right off my eyes<br />

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All the memories you're paid to forget<br />

like crack calls??? filling up your head<br />

so they made a trashcan<br />

light a match<br />

turn the corner<br />

don't look back

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