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Artist: The Dodos
Canonical path: /the-dodos/lily
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Lily
Read Lily lyrics by The Dodos on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Lily
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Look at yourself, look at me, dear
How did we become this tear?
Why can we learn to subtract?
You are lit, but behind I see black
It's time against your back
It's time against your back
I have cleared, dry erase this board
I have steered, I am heading for shore
Don't look back just to see what it was for
There's no use, there is nothing more
But time against your back
But time against your back
You won't speak, when you do you still don't
I've been due, you're a bitch, you're a whore
I will love you forevermore
Let's begin, let us love to destroy
With time against our backs
With time against our backs
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