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As the World Dies the Eyes of God Grow Bigger
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Descended from Emerson, into this life
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Falling, falling, falling into my seventh life
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My father rode a motorcycle naked in the rain
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Mother, a flower girl, blonde and 18
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Three long days in the Colorado jail
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Seven months pregnant, on the western trail
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She met El in San Francisco, so it goes
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(She met El in San Francisco, yeah so it goes)
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Elwyn was out of his head, speed up his nose
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Mother met a second man, by chance
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She remembered from a hometown high school dance
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The night they got to fighting, man's arms, they let me fall
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My head hit the concrete floor, I didn't move at all
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My mom hysterical, thinking I was dead
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She ran into the street, scared out of her head
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I watched the stars in the heavens for a while
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Then I came around for good, but not with a smile
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Moved home to the valley where the hippies conspire
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Even my grandma loved to get high
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My father dosed liquid LSD
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Fried his mind for years to come, look what it's done to me
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The breakup ensued, I held my baby brother's hand
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I held my baby brother's hand
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The nights that followed, footsteps could be heard
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(The nights that followed in the house, footsteps could be heard)
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No one on the second floor accept spirits I have learned
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Mom and her best friend said, "It's time to go"
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To Aroyo Hondo, New Mexico
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Adobe huts, I recall every gathering adobe
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I was hungry in the desert; I wanted to go home
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Morning I awoke; I was all alone
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(But I walked outside I realized)
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No one but a fucking geek to share the dusty home
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(No one was there; I thought I would die)
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As I walked outside I realized
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(Time stood still; I watched the dome)
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No one was there; I thought I would die
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(Then the bug came back, tears in my throat)
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Time stood still as I watched the goat
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(Next thing I knew I was in public school)
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The nurse of a new bug came back; tears in my throat
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(It wasn't much, but it followed the rules)
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Next thing I knew I was in public school
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(Sat alone; stood alone)
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It wasn't much, but it followed the rules
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(Tried my best to understand my broken home)
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Sat alone; stood alone
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(I got to watch my poor mother cry)
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Tried to understand my broken home
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(Empty, exposed to all she felt inside)
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I got to watch my poor mother cry
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(And then I hear these hippies philosophize)
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Empty, exposed to all she felt inside
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And hear these hippies philosophize
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And dreaming of the commune in the sky
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(Too many changing partners at different times
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Brothers and sisters, don't get too close
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And dreaming of the commune in the sky
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And mother waves him goodbye, so I'm left here on my puzzle with nobody's help)
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Boycott society, then the kids can't socialize
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(My faith is my strength, living in hell)
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We had a cat named "Hope" and soon it died
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(Thinking about our locks too thin, wondering if I'm at all like him)
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There were nervous breakdowns every day, numerous crises games
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(Before the flood, before the flood, of blood, I'm dead serious, you just you wait)
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Parents like to play, too many changing partners
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(The Nazi Klan looked like 6)
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At different times
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(The plan is well underway)
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Brothers and sisters, don't get too close
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(Those who crossed me are cursed, will see fewer days)
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Another routine goodbye
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(You'll listen to me; let's kill in the street)
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So I'm workin' on my puzzle with nobody's help
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(You made a big mistake so just you fuckin', livin in hell, El)
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My faith is my strength because I'm living in hell, thinkin' about hell,
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Locked in the bin, wondering if I'm at all like him
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Before the flood, before the flood of blood
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I'm dead serious, so just you wait
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The Manson Klan will look like saints
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(The Nazi Klan will look like saints)
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The plan's well underway, those who crossed me will see fewer days
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(The plan's well underway, those who crossed me are cursed)
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You're wastable to me; you're roadkill in the street
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(Just you wait, you will see fewer days)
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You're so wastable to me, like the roadkill in the street; you made a big mistake
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(Satan)
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So just you fucking wait
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(Satan)
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Blood on the walls; blood on the walls
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(Satan; Satan)
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Dear friends, goodbye, needlessly you fuck with me; now you're gonna die
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Blood on the walls; blood on the walls; blood on the walls; blood on the walls; blood on the walls; blood on the walls; blood on the walls; blood on the walls; blood on the walls; blood on the walls
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(Satan; Satan; Satan; Satan)
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