It's a Plague, And You're Invited
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It's a Plague, And You're Invited lyrics

AlbumWhat It Takes to Move Forward
Year2009
GenreEmocore
Duration4:12
Original languageEnglish
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All of this time I should have known, but we buried our hopes in our throats. And though it spared us from honesty, it could not deny anything else After the air cleared and the anger left our bodies, we slept more soundly We slept more soundly On denton, where you realized the full weight of what you had done You felt ashamed for the first time But still refused to admit that you were wrong I swore I would not carry your weight for you anymore when At twenty-one, you cannot help yourself But in the time you were making up your mind, we still held our breath So history repeats, and the feeling That I will one day wake an old and empty man only drives me harder Even if you will not sacrifice your youth, it will grow to resent you Like a body of water, it will yield only to entrenched earth I swore I would not carry your weight for you anymore when At twenty-one, you cannot help yourself But in the time you were making up your mind, we already knew

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