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I Was Made for This
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I was made for this
Before they unmake what I was
Before they unmake what I was
I was a thing that could be known
I was a thing that could be known
But only without love
But only without love
Was I a thing that could be known
Was I a think that could be known
Before they unmake what I was?
Before they unmake what I was
I was made for this
In this triangle of stars there will be paint, pain and breathing
If there's fear in your heart that's the first sign that you're not leaving
I'll sing out my defiance as I rend the cage of my spine
And set my feet upon a path that no map could define
I'll be faster than lightning, deadly as a kiss
When I chase you down I will know a hunter's bliss
I will glitter over water with my wings at last unfurled
And someday I'll be big, enough to hold the world
When I come back there will be blood
And I will know the secret shapes
Of the elder constellations
In the colours I've never seen
In the colours I've never seen
Will be the elder constellations
That will reveal the secret shapes
And when I come back, there will be blood
In this triangle of stars a compass transcends the four directions
For a politics of forge and farm much older than elections
Your ideals of hearth and home sweep before our revolution
As we finally become your problem with no solution
I'll be faster than lightning, deadly as a kiss
Your flesh will know the teething of my metamorphosis
I will glitter over water with my flag a silver blur
And someday I'll be big, enough to hold the world
I'll take everything I can
And be more than you can bear
As the songs will grind you down
For a burden made to kill
From this burden made to kill
As the songs will grind you down
And me more than you can bear,
I'll take everything I can
In this triangle of stars I dream of beating those who shamed me
While a walk with wind and salt begins the long work to untame me
With a dragon in my blood, ink to guide my pen
The ghosts of our burning future will smile on me again
I'll be faster than lightning, deadly as a kiss
I'll take you on the wing with seven jaws that never miss
I will glitter over water, a gleam of sapphire and pearl
And someday I'll be big, enough to hold the world
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I don't know what the word is
For grief you feel before the loss
The kind that turns to anger
And can only think of costs
You are a man of science
And to science you'll return
And for science you will leave me
With no body to burn
And yeah, I'll blame the singer
'cuz the singer wrote the song
Without thinking if the words he wrote
Could ever do me wrong
I remember how you told me
Of your choice and right to die
But I have to think of those whose lives
You might accidentally buy
What if I ask a question
That ends up with me in jail
Or what I chose for your autonomy
Autonomously fails?
And yeah...
Will I ever get the pleasure
Of screaming in your face
All the untruth that you taught me
That truth cannot displace
I know it isn't your fault
It's in the letter your dad penned
It's the culture here in England
And it's time that it should end
And yeah...
And you'll go to your mountains
I don't know if you'll return
Will they tell me right away
Or make me wait to learn?
I know three of four measures
But not the secret of the song
Though I've heard it since before my birth
I can never play along
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