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Artist: The Bowerbirds
Canonical path: /the-bowerbirds/death-wish
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Death Wish
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Death Wish
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Now i know you like,
I know my self,
I still don't know much else,
You race towards the future,
I'm slow as a kettle,
And we waltz on a tilted world,
Torn socks, and all those frills.
Your gait like a mares is,
And mine like a drunk sailor
Sailor fumbling, towards a dark future,
And what are we doing now,
In a world, a world half broken,
Going through half, just half of the motions.
And what makes a man, you ask,
Strong limbs or his feathered cap?
Well i just say none of that,
Surely it's you, cause i had a death wish,
A coal cart to a dark abyss,
I choked in a gasp of it,
And then i found you.
Such a brave swimmer,
And you pulled me with you,
And where are we going now,
In a world, a world half broken,
Back to the ocean,
The open ocean.
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