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Artist: Bon Iver
Canonical path: /bon-iver/salem
Related lyric paths: 6
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Salem
Read Salem lyrics by Bon Iver on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Salem
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Salem burns the leaves
Then she returns to cure and see
Heavy fate
After years of waitin'
'Cause abnormalities
Surely are everywhere you see
So what I think we need
Is elasticity
Empowerment and ease
So I won't lead no lie
With our hearts the only matter why
How long it's lasted
I've not received reciprocity
To speak supportively
Big guy, there's no automatic peace
But I bet you'd keep
All these in-betweens that bar my youth
Though no anorberic dream
Far as I know
I tried too hard to see
What I thought it'd be
Asking constantly
How's it gonna be?
So I'm gonna weep a while
You don't even know how hard
I've learned a lesson
Don't ask me
I've torn the banner from the line
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Bon Iver performs "Salem", and this lyric page sits inside the Bon Iver catalog on LyroVerse.
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