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Temporary Ground

Temporary Ground lyrics by Jack White. On a floating lily island Moving over slowly sideways Rest the temporary creatures Spending all of their days Waiting...

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Temporary Ground

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On a floating lily island

Moving over slowly sideways

Rest the temporary creatures

Spending all of their days

Waiting for the floor to

Buckle down below their belts

Crashing into yet another

Drifting continental shelf

Moving without motion

Screaming without sound

Across an open ocean

Lying there

On temporary ground

Moving without motion

Screaming without sound

Across an open ocean

Lying there

On temporary ground

The old explorers had it easy

They discovered nothing new

But returned on home with answers

Of sad existence clues

All the creatures have it hard now

Nothing but God is left to know

And why he left us all here hanging

With an illusion of a home

Moving without motion

Screaming without sound

Across an open ocean

Lying there

On temporary ground

Moving without motion

Screaming without sound

Across an open ocean

Lying there

On temporary ground

Moving without motion

Screaming without sound

Across an open ocean

Lying there

On temporary ground

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