Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Rilo Kiley
Canonical path: /rilo-kiley/prologue
Related lyric paths: 6
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Prologue
Read Prologue lyrics by Rilo Kiley on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Prologue
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Tucked in the woods
Near North Chicago
Early November
Commences our saga
Two loved in silence
For fear of corruption
Then fate chimed in
With an evil grin and a mighty interruption
She awoke in a panic
The TV in static
She heard a voice
In the attic
Crouched behind her door
With a Swiss Army knife
She cried in silence
Fearing for her life
Protecting herself
She stabbed the intruder
The lights turned on
Her knife impaled her suitor
She'd committed a murder
While he laid there bleeding
She stared, clearly scared
Checked her boyfriend's heart for beating
It's not right
The lights get dim
And all she thinks of is him
She cried through the morning
As she read the paper
Her father told police
The boy broke in to rape her
She ran to the bathroom
Enraged and pissed
Grabbed a razor
And tic-tac-toed her wrist
She'd committed a murder
And while she laid there bleeding
She stared, clearly scared
Checked her final pulse for beating
It's not right
The lights get dim
And all she thinks of is him
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Rilo Kiley performs "Prologue", and this lyric page sits inside the Rilo Kiley catalog on LyroVerse.
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