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The Only Heirs

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The Only Heirs

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The sun, it hasn't set yet

It's just gone behind the hill

We take the waning minutes

And wonder how and if we will

Keep all the lights off

It's bright enough for now

You mock my color blindness

But even I could tell

Are you? Am I?

We were, now we are the only heirs

We were, now we are the only heirs

Are you? Am I?

We were, now we are the only heirs

We were, now we are the only heirs

Behind the jungle backdrop

The orange and green and pink

The kind and smiling waitress asks what you need to drink

The pilot lets the wheel go

These things can fly themselves

The less you do, the better

When the wind begins to wail

Are you? Am I?

We were, now we are the only heirs

We were, now we are the only heirs

Are you? Am I?

We were, now we are the only heirs

We were, now we are the only heirs

You want a battle, look, you're leaning on the railing

I know an answer, just don't wanna know the ending

Let's live alone together, far from everything

I hear him howling, I hear him howling

You want a battle, look, you're leaning on the railing

I know an answer, just don't wanna know the ending

Let's live alone together, far from everything

I hear him howling, I hear him howling

Are you? Am I?

We were, now we are the only heirs

We were, now we are the only heirs

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