[Spoken:]
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Pleading with Athos of the Rock
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In the ancient language which he spoke
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But I didn't even give a damn
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'Cause all I wanted to do was just sit back and talk
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Talk about the restless winds that were blowing in my mind
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That twisted all we grow as too thin
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And feelings I had which I couldn't describe
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And the places I'd come within
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And in the chrome light I stood up and I just began
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I'd sell my pride on a whim, let it blow
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The righteous light that was guiding me still
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And the man with the Holy soul
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Impatience took a dim view of my words
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And let me down again
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I'm so dusty, laden with all that world-weary stars and reverends
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[Sung:]
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I've got your Mother Mary, God
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Life is empty, I wanna
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Find some peace today
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I said, Mother Mary, oh
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Life's so empty, I
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Need some peace today, oh oh today
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Oh those twisted corridors of power
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In the ivory walls of hate
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Where the eagle flies so proudly
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And I just can't, just can't wait
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In the victim's mind, he's ready
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He is ready to exploit the weakness
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Of the century's greed and feebleness
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And the lies they whisper
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To his brothers and sisters
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Please Jesus, oh I love you
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Won't you come to stay
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Mother Mary, oh
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Life is empty, I wanna
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Find some peace today
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Hannah hung around for the the rapture
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On the roam for forty years
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Of course no-one came, and you know I still live in fear
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Always waiting for the prince of seventy-two
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I was waiting for the world to fall apart, how about you?
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If Husain could have waited
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Nava'i could have seen the stars in the sky
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'Cause I've been waiting for you for fifty odd years
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I've been waiting for you through these hopes and these tears
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I was waiting for you, I'm a-waiting for you
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There's thunder, in the sky
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Why why why - did I let you down?
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Can I carry that cross for you?
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Can I carry that cross for you?
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Is there anything that I need to know?
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Did you let me down?
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Did you let me down?
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Why why why - did you let me down?
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Did you think I wouldn't know
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Why why why - did you let me down?
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I wanna sit right here, I'm gonna write you a letter
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I wanna sail, I wanna sail over the ocean
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I wanna talk to Best and Muhammad Ali
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I don't just use my fists, yeah I use my feet
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They got spirit, I got spirit
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Oh mama mama mama it's like yellow earth
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What was it like for you when you was giving birth
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You got it in for you, I got it in for me
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I said, why you always jump in places like Stevie Mc Queen?
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I got spirit, come feel it
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I got spirit, you can feel it
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He got spirit, we gotta feel it
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You got spirit, scream if you feel it
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WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP,
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WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP
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Noise Epic
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| The Verve |
