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And the river will rise up |
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And heal all the scars |
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On this broken skin |
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And drown in this cup |
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And the flies they will flock |
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And throw into the dock |
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And listen with a crooked ear |
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And they cackle and they sneer |
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And the river will rise up |
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And the river will rise up |
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And the matter of murder |
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Sits on my shoulder |
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And whispers to me |
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That I will be free |
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God Volcano! |
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Give me my self respect |
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I plead God |
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Volcano! This one thing |
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I can believe |
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And the river will rise up |
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And in your lonely dark designs |
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Feel the cut and scaly rind |
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The malice and the wicked crimes |
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Of the sordid daily grind |
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And the river will rise up |
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And the words they spit with hate |
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Will never mitigate |
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Any semblance of the truth |
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That's broken or despised * |
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God Volcano! |
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Give me my self respect |
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I plead God |
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Volcano! This one thing |
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I can believe |
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God Volcano! |
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Bring your flesh right into me |
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You are the air that |
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I can breathe |