Rejoice, rejoice a noble BIRTH
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A PRINCE IS BORN
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BEHOLD THE BIRTH OF VIOLENCE
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BEASTS OF FANG AND FEATHER
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CRY FOR OUR CONCRETE RAPTURE
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AND IF WE BEG TO BE PUT DOWN
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UNTO US THE MOST INSPIRED STORM
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A PRINCESS RAVAGED BY HER PRINCE BEHOLD
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THE BIRTH OF SEX AND DISTANCE
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TWO FRAIL CORPSES BOTH WERE THEY
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HIS EYES WERE THE FIRST TO STRAY
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EVERY TREE HELD FAST THE EARTH TO SKY
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CONCRETE REPLACES EVERY BRANCH
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AND TWIG AS THEY WERE FRAYED
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UPON THE BIRTH OF AMBITION
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THE HEAVENS FILLED OUR GILDED VESSEL
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WITH POISON TEARS
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BEFORE WE DRINK I PROPOSE A TOAST A FINAL PRAYER
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HERE'S TO THE WATCHERS IN THE WOOD
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HERE'S TO THE LAST DAYS
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UNTO US A MOST INSPIRED SONG
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Shaper stop the music
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Halt the harp strings whose chords
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(Music patterns that)
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Confuse our histories with textures
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With the disheartened chorus
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Of a hymnal whose choir is the conviction of the starving
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ARTLESS TEMPTED BY THE FEAST OF PROOF
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THAT THIS BODY
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THAT THIS BODY OF WORK HAS WORTH
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Uncertain as the fingering
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Of a chord torn prematurely
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From a piano's womb
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AS WE FILL OUR PRECIOUS LUNGS
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WITH CONCRETE THAT FAITHFUL SHADE
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A SHAPER'S SONG IS STOPPED SHORT
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A DYING BREATH A SINGING SHORE
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THEN THE ONLY MOVEMENT
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AND THE LAST REMAINS OF GRACE
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POLLEN FALLING OFF THE SIMPLE HINGE JOINT LEG
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Upon the final breath of a dragonfly
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A CARDINAL LOST BUT HEADSTRONG
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IN MID FLIGHT CRIES FOR OUR CONCRETE RAPTURE
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(Wade in the water wade (4x))
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(Wade in the water
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Wade in the water child (6x))
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Wade
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(Let the flood swell) (10x)
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THE FAITHFUL SAY ITS BEAUTIFUL
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ITS GOD'S WILL
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BUT THE FOOL KNOWS
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WHAT THE PROPHETS HAVE SEEN
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NO SALVATION'S IMPENDING
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THE FAITHFUL SAY ITS BEAUTIFUL
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ITS GOD'S WILL LET THE FLOOD SWELL
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AND THE BODIES THAT BREAK
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WE'LL JUST FLOAT DOWN THE RIVER
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Stay tame soft river
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While we weigh our faith stay sweet
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Run softly sweet river
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The fool who wades in doubt will float like concrete
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(Come and, come and fill your lungs (8x))
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THERE'S SO MUCH HOPE BURIED UNDERNEATH (2x)
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TRAGEDY ITS THE SAME SHADE AS CONCRETE (2x)
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THE FAITHFUL SAY ITS BEAUTIFUL
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ITS GOD'S WILL LET THE FLOOD SWELL
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ON THE LOUDSPEAKER SERMONS
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AND A PARISH DESCENDING
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THERE'S SO MUCH HOPE BURIED UNDERNEATH
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TRAGEDY ITS THE SAME SHADE AS CONCRETE
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LET THE FLOOD SWELL
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Same Shade As Concrete
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| Circle Takes The Square |
