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Artist: Big Thief
Canonical path: /big-thief/the-only-place
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Only Place
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The Only Place
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What if all the worlds in space
Would melt into one single place
And intertwine the human race
With other kinds?
The atom is an empty vase
A vehicle to know embrace
The way you feel, the way you taste
It multiplies
So much to share
So much to share
When all material scatters
And ashes amplify
The only place that matters
Is by your side
What if all the time between
The words we say and what we mean
Would roll as softly as a stream
That we could ride?
We'd ride the bend from source to mouth
I want a friend from north to south
To build that question as a house
Where we'd reside
So much to share
So much to share
When all material scatters
And ashes amplify
The only place that matters
Is by your side
When all material scatters
And ashes amplify
The only place that matters
Is by your side
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