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Artist: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Canonical path: /black-rebel-motorcycle-club/the-absent
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The Absent
Read The Absent lyrics by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Absent
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Don't it look like rain, mama
Don't it look so cold outside
All the people seem scared and tired
And all the stars seem alight
There's no use in the air, anymore mama
There's no use in their eyes
I just come to say it's over
I just come to say goodbye
I won't compete with the absent
I won't compete for the prize
All them faces are glowing, mama
You can't see what's inside
There's no use for them being anymore
They got the calls in their eyes
It seems a waste to be careless, mama
There's no-one here left to fight
Something - give me something, we're fallin away
Through the minds and the notions we've only depraved
It's a tired imitation that calls your name
It's a cursed invitation that haunts your grave
I just come to say it's over
I just come to say goodbye
I won't compete with the absent
I won't compete for the prize
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