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In the Kingdom No. 19
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Sonic Youth
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They were, aah
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He did what he had to do, he asked no questions
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He had few conversations, the tar glistens in the noon heat
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He tread across the grass, up onto and down off
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Of the concrete abutments
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Mirage on the highway, ghosts in the tunnel, the dark cave
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Out into the blinding light of day at breakneck speed
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Every bolt rumbling
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Glistening highway mirage groans the slick surface
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Careening into first the small mammal
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And then screeching along the guard rail
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Scraping paint and throwing sparks like
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Sheets of pure terror for 400 yards, over and over
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With one final back and forth rocking motion coming to rest whee, hah
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The beautiful paint job hopelessly marred smoke and flames
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Alright, so nice, he moved to the small creature
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Screeching whistles of steam blowing off
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On it's back, wheels spinning like a cinema classic
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The door sags open and a man covered in blood
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Drops the three feet or so to the pavement
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The car still rattling and shaking as if with a mind of it's own
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Unwilling to die, the man, 40ish, also after a time
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An agonizingly painful period of time is also unwilling to die
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Suddenly all is quite quiet there in the sunlight on the highway
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But what? What can I do? I cannot move, everything is about broken
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Blood everywhere, mixing with oil and gas
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What's moving must turn my head, pain, white light, blinded
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Some guy there kneeling in the blinded mirage of white light
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All my strength to 'help', screaming, "Now, help me please"
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He tried to tamp out the bit of burning ember
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Which had leapt from the wreck onto his grimy coat sleeve
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Coughing blood, what's happen? He's, he's inching towards truth
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He strode of into the woods with the animal it still lived
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He didn't glance back at all, still out ghosting the road
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Death on the highway, words crumble around me
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And fall with the weight of heaven, I cannot move
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I'm beneath the great weight, I cannot see
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My eyes are blinded, I am in the darkness
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That's it
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In panic I forget it, in despair I need it
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In my mind I save it, in death I have it
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In panic I forget it, in despair I need it
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I shouldn't laugh, ha, ha, ha, yeah, really, oh
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In panic I forget it, in despair I need it
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In my mind I save it, in death I have it
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(Thurston)
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Never gave a damn about the meter man
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I was the man who had to read the meters, man
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