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Safe in the arms that hold your every move |
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They've been waiting here for you |
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You've been weighing down the time. |
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And in a place they're trying to forget |
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And in a face they grow to regret |
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They pull down |
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They pull down the shades. |
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Crawling |
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Oh, they're crawling. |
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Can you save them, now they're crawling? |
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Will you catch them if they're falling? |
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Do you hear them when they're calling? |
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And the water down here |
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Swells with the seeds of decay |
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Through the years. |
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And the sins of our fathers |
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Swept our love for each other away |
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In the tide |
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In the tide |
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In the tide of tears. |
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Snakes in suits conduct their interviews |
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Bodies floating down the avenue |
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And it's our sickness, |
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And it's our sickness to blame. |
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Ain't no party blue or red |
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Where innocence for naught is she'd |
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And it's our choices |
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And it's our voices to be heard |
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Drowning |
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Oh, they're drowning |
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And the good Lord is frowning, |
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And the dark clouds are surrounding, |
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We must decide. |
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And the water down here |
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Swells with the seeds of decay |
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Through the years. |
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And the sins of our fathers |
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Swept our love for each other away |
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In the tide |
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In the tide |
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In the tide of tears, now |
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Tide of tears, now |
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In the tide |
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In the tide |
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Oh yeah. |
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While in this life there's hope for change |
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And as a culture now got to rearrange, |
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Ain't no blind eye left to turn. |
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Lying |
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Oh, they're lying |
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And the children keep dying |
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And the mothers are crying |
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Don't you know we should be trying. |
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And the water down here |
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Swells with the seeds of decay |
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Through the years. |
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And the sins of our fathers |
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Swept our love, our love away. |
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In the tide |
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In the tide |
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In the tide |
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In the tide of tears. |