Growin up in a biosphere
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with no respect for bad weather
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there's still roaches and ants in here
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so resourceful and clever.
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Her greatgrandfather saw the future
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didn't know nothing bout panic,
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he certainly probably thought
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that it was unthinkable.
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There's a trace o mint
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wafting in from the north
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so we don't fuck with the 401
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it's bigger than us or
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larger than we bargained
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I guess it's just not done.
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His greatgrandfather worked for Goodyear
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he'd see the blimp on Sundays
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wonder what the driver knew
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about making rubber tires.
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Terrarium, O Terrarium
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There's submarines out there under the ice
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avoiding and courting collision
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an accident's sometimes the only way
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to worm our way back to bad decisions,
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My greatgrandfather was a welder
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he helped to build the Titanic
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he didn't certainly think
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that is was unsinkable.
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Building up to the larger point
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with an arrogance not rare or pretty
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we don't declare the war on idleness
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when outside it's cold and shitty.
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We stay inside and try to conjure the fathers of
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injured and faking
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if there's glory in miracles
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it's that they're reversible
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Terrarium,
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Titantic Terrarium
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Tragically Hip |