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Artist: Damien Rice
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What This Night Is For
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What This Night Is For
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She's got a place within the woods
Where she swings near the house in the trees
She's got a way with animals
And invites me along to get free
There's an army of men who'd shoot for her
Even goddesses watch when she moves
Friends get us high and something opens up the sky
And it fills us with nothing to lose
Oh and we've never been in this place before
Not as it is right now, right now
And we may never know what this night is for
So for now, we'll just sit around
He's got a way of lingering
Like a ghost that just won't go away
He's got a place within the wind
Oh he's around, but I know that he won't stay
There's an army of stars that'd crash the night
They were burnin' but still it was cold
So we dare the Gods to come and sit and talk with us
We were bruised, we were stilled, we were bold
Oh and we've never been in this place before
No, not as it is right now, right now
And we may never know what this night is for
So for now, we'll all just sit around
Yeah, for now, we'll just sit around
Cos we've never been in this place before
No, not as it is right now, right now
And we may never know what this life and long living is for
So for now we'll jump
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