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Artist: Marcus Mumford
Canonical path: /marcus-mumford/how
Related lyric paths: 6
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How
Read How lyrics by Marcus Mumford on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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How
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I had wondered what was done to you
To give you such a taste of flesh
I guess for years I just carried on
Didn't feel much of a choice to suppress
I hope your memory is less vivid than mine
And it's free from that awful maple light
I have to say I still wish you had just done it in the dark
So the pictures didn't burn so bright
But I'll forgive you now
Release you from all of the blame I know how
And I'll forgive you now
As if saying the words will help me know how
Please help me know how
I'm afraid it will take a time
I make my case to the Shahanshah as I bring him his cup
And I tell him the best I can what I need
To build the walls of my Jerusalem back up
And I have reckoned with what you've taken from me
And I killed that liar in my head
I buried him beneath the maple tree
There's no joy in dancing with the dead
But I'll forgive you now
Release you from all of the blame I know how
And I forgive you know
As if saying the words will help me know how
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Marcus Mumford performs "How", and this lyric page sits inside the Marcus Mumford catalog on LyroVerse.
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