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this rivers black and rising
from bow to stern this hull is slipping low
its slipping low

our eyes are out for mainland
but we can't see a damn thing from this hold
from this hold

we walked on this sea
and didn't see is ice beaneath
we stepped onto clouds
and didn't think that we'd fall down
we built, up with sand
but now the flood has come to take this land
to take this land

but now the sky's come down
a final song to quiet sound
the sky's come down my friend
and now the dark's grown tall
they've lost the song to sing the call
the dark's come down my friend

ooo ooo


and reavers are a prowling
they're picking through the wreckage on the path
on the path

there's fire lined for miles
there's ash in both our lungs but we won't choke
no we won't choke

we'll walk on this sea
and will not feel the ice beaneath
we'll step onto clouds
and never think that we'll fall down
we'll built, up with sand
but never will the flood come to take this land
come take this land

but when the sky comes down
a final song to quiet sound
all skies come down my friend
and when the dark's grown tall
and we've lost the song to sing the call
when the dark's come down my friend

how will we end?

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from Something Unsual (and 3 other songs), released May 3, 2014

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