Past Lives - Past Lives lyrics
rate meI 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 />
<br />
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 />
<br />
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 />
<br />
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 />
<br />
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 />
<br />
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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