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Artist: Opeth
Canonical path: /opeth/derelict-herds
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Derelict Herds
Read Derelict Herds lyrics by Opeth on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Derelict Herds
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Someone died for looking too far
While I was asleep in my house
A child was killed, I heard it from a friend
A war raged in a distant land
Cost me to linger on a piece of text
Someone died
Not here, never here
There was a fever
There is a failure
Are you a believer?
That someone lied to you
You hold it closer to your chest
There was a meaning for this test
But you forgot and it's gone now
You were controlled somehow
There was a mean time
An invitation of sorts
I remember life
I, I was sick with sorrow
I'd fallen asleep
And dreamt of my sins here
It was your turn
Adamant smile and said, "Thank you"
There was a sickness right in the family
While I shuddered in the cold
Woman hanged for her sins while I craved mine
An old man drowned in this life herd
As I made amends with my fathers
Someone died
Not here, never here
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