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Artist: News From Babel
Canonical path: /news-from-babel/banknote
Related lyric paths: 6
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Banknote
Read Banknote lyrics by News From Babel on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Banknote
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I nailed a banknote to a tree
But it did not nourish me
I placed a cheque upon the earth
I signed it, but
No crops came forth
I pressed a coin against my lips
I closed my eyes -
I felt no kiss
I came to the conclusion that
I'd laboured
Under an illusion
and that
The light loves the leaf,
The soil needs the seed, and
Love must have a lover.
All this I discovered
On
An empty stomach.
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News From Babel performs "Banknote", and this lyric page sits inside the News From Babel catalog on LyroVerse.
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