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Artist: Sufjan Stevens
Canonical path: /sufjan-stevens/age-of-adz
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Age of Adz
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Age of Adz
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[Oh, oh, it rots
Oh, oh, it rots
Oh, oh, it rots]
Well I have known you
For just a little while
But I feel I've known you
I feel I've seen you
When the Earth was split in fives
And in your words, I
Should let it out, I
Would see it die
But I'm a watcher
I see it watch her
It's in your afterlife
This is the Age of Adz
Eternal living
Oh, keep from trying
Oh, keep from caring
You are the life
We see you trying to
Be something else that
You're not, we think you're nice
The circumstances
Of what I thought, I
Could see it now
I wouldn't be so
I wouldn't feel so
But it's a running wild
This is the Age of Adz
Eternal living
When it dies, when it dies
It rots
And when it lives, when it lives
It gives it all it gots
This is the Age of Adz
Eternal living
[Oh, oh, it rots
Oh, oh, it gives it all it gots
This is the Age of Adz
Eternal living]
And all reflections
I see your method
I see it all
And what about you?
And what about me?
Are we the lost of lost?
Don't speak to soon, don't
Be fruit o' loom, don't
Excite yourself
For what you see is
Not fantasy, it's
Not what it gets, but gives
This is the Age of Adz
Eternal living
And all reflections
I see it mentioned
I see it all
The gorgeous mess of
Your face impressed us
Imposed in all its art
This is the Age of Adz
Eternal living
When it dies, when it dies
It rots
And when it lives, when it lives
It gives it all it gots
This is the Age of Adz
Eternal living
[Oh, oh, it rots
Oh, oh, it gives it all it gots
This is the Age of Adz
Eternal living]
When I die, when I die
I'll rot
But when I live, when I live
I'll give it all I've got
When I die, when I die
I'll rot
But when I live, when I live
I'll give it all I've got
Gloria, Gloria
It rots
Victoria, Victoria
It lives in all of us
Gloria, Gloria
It rots
Victoria, Victoria
It lives in all of us
I've lost the will to fight
I was not made for life
I've lost the will to fight
I was not made for life
Now I have known you
For just a little while
I feel I must be
Wearing my welcome
I must be moving on
For my intentions
Were good intentions
I could have loved you
I could have changed you
I wouldn't be so
I wouldn't feel so
Consumed by selfish thoughts
I'm sorry if I
Seem self-effacing
Consumed by selfish thoughts
It's only that I
Still love you deeply
It's all the love I got
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