The Avett Brothers - Slight Figure Of Speech lyrics

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They say you've got to lose a couple fights to win<br />

It's hard to tell from where I'm sitting<br />

They say that this is where the fun begins<br />

I guess it's time that I was quitting<br />

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A slight figure of speech<br />

I cut my chest wide open<br />

They come and watch us bleed<br />

Is it art like I was hoping now?<br />

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They said "I hope that you will never change"<br />

I went and cut my hair<br />

They say "Don't take your business to the big time"<br />

I bought us tickets there<br />

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A slight figure of speech<br />

I cut my chest wide open<br />

They come and watch us bleed<br />

Is it art like I was hoping now?<br />

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What did you expect<br />

And what did you forget<br />

That to live you let go of me with each step<br />

It becomes a progression I won't let regret manifest<br />

To aggression<br />

Are you to assess what I've been? What I am? Or become?<br />

Did you stop to accept how pathetically dumb<br />

It can be to<br />

Attack those around 'cause you're<br />

True to color, a town, a time, or a place?<br />

It's not you, it's not mine<br />

And besides it is gone<br />

And you never will find it again<br />

But I don't want to fight<br />

I just ask let me be<br />

I won't give the chance to be my enemy<br />

So go home<br />

Think it through<br />

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A jet plane and a big idea<br />

I jump over the sea<br />

What ifs hot on my trail<br />

But that can't catch me, no<br />

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A slight figure of speech<br />

I cut my chest wide open<br />

They come and watch us bleed<br />

Is it art like I was hoping now?

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