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Artist: The Mars Volta
Canonical path: /the-mars-volta/collapsible-shoulders
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Collapsible Shoulders
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Collapsible Shoulders
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Where did you go?
A mile of scrolling faces
Plastered in the gaze of notice eviction
No one seemed to care if you were still in the trenches
And the earth splits in two
And I watch you fall deep inside
I'm livin' on the verge of ruin
And never did I hear you say: Leave no man behind
I'm searchin' for that voice I knew
But never did I hear you say: Leave no man behind
Did I do this to you?
It's your incarceration
Time released guilt to the blood Moon stream
Caught me dead to rights when you said: Fuck this forever
And a truancy of wasps begin trying to make us their home
As we pull their wings off one by one
I'm livin' on the verge of ruin
And never did I hear you say: Leave no man behind
I'm searchin' for that voice I knew
But never did I hear you say: Leave no man behind
Never did I hear you say: Leave no man behind
Never did I hear you say: Leave no man behind
I'm livin' on the verge of ruin
And never did I hear you say: Leave no man behind
I'm searchin' for that voice I knew
But never did I hear you say: Leave no man behind
Never did I hear you say: Leave no man behind
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