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Artist: Animal Collective
Canonical path: /animal-collective/passer-by
Related lyric paths: 6
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Passer-By
Read Passer-By lyrics by Animal Collective on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Passer-By
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It was my favorite day
Before the movie show
Until the fight broke out
In front of floral scenes
Faces got all bent up
Beat him real good, she called
I saw a distant girl
Point at a hummingbird
I felt the burning Sun
How does it last so long?
Out in the Pisgah trees
There's a discarded song
Left for my open ears
Left by the Passer-by
Who had imagined I
Would come looking for life
Bumped a passer-by
Who smiled as if he knew me
He didn't have a face I recognized
But I keep on thinking about your smile
Thanked a passer-by
For pointing out a thing
I probably would have missed without her eyes
Now I miss the passer-by
Bumped a passer-by
Who smiled as if he knew me
He didn't have a face I recognized
But I keep on thinking about your smile
Thanked a passer-by
For pointing out a thing
I probably would have missed without her eyes
Now I miss the passer-by
Passer-by stepping on
Always stepping, always passing
Passer-by stepping on
Always stepping, always passing
Passer-by stepping on
Always stepping, always passing
Passer-by stepping on
Always stepping, always passing
Thank you passer-by
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