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Artist: The Bowerbirds
Canonical path: /the-bowerbirds/knives-snakes-amp-mesquite
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Knives, Snakes & Mesquite
Read Knives, Snakes & Mesquite lyrics by The Bowerbirds on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Knives, Snakes & Mesquite
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Listen through the walls. The wave has got to break soon.
Only so many nails to a room, only so much could it support.
The floorboards sigh to the sway of the dance that could keep going
All night and peel away the dawn.
And I am a peach down in the forest of knives and snakes and mesquite,
Where all is a dream, all eyes on me, and I bite my nails till they bleed.
I see your claws come off and your knees come out
Like an iceberg, like a secret offer.
Sailing the waves of that icy morning,
While all in between theres a new wind blowing.
And I am a peach down in the forest of knives and snakes and mesquite,
Where all is a dream, all eyes on me, and I bite my nails till they bleed.
(The prevailing winds from the east) I will set my sights on defeat
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