Think I'm stranded but I don't know where
I got this diamond that don't know how to shine
In the sun where the dark winds wail
And these children leave their rulers behind
As we cross ten leagues from a rubicon
With matchsticks for my bones
If we could learn how to freeze ourselves alive
We could learn to leave these burdens to burn
Cast out these creatures of woe
Who shatter themselves
Fighting a fire with your bare hands
Now my journey takes me further south
I want to hear what the blind men sing
With their fossils and their gypsy bones
I'll stand beside myself so I'm not alone
And how can I make new again
What rusts every time it rains
And the rain it comes and floods our lungs
We're just orphans in a tidal wave's wake
If I wake up and see my maker coming
With all of his crimson and his iron desire
We'll drag the streets with the baggage of longing
To be loved or destroyed
From a void to a grain of sand in your hand
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APPEARS ON:
Modern Guilt
Orphans
YEAR RELEASED:
2008
LENGTH:
3:16
WRITTEN BY:
Beck Hansen
PRODUCED BY:
Beck Hansen
Danger Mouse
ENGINEERED BY:
Drew Brown
MIXED BY:
Kennie Takahashi
MASTERED BY:
Bob Ludwig
PERFORMERS:
Beck Hansen
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Flute, Percussion
Brian Lebarton
Synthesizer
Jason Falkner
Bass
Chan Marshall
Vocals
Danger Mouse
Beats
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