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Artist: Wall of Sleep
Canonical path: /wall-of-sleep/on-pain-of-birth
Related lyric paths: 6
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On pain of birth
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On pain of birth
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Morning sky, morning clouds
Nothing left to lose
One more time once again
Is there anything to choose ?
Drowning that means yesterday
Live through that means now
Yesterday means no way out
Today means I know how
For a day, for a year for a touch I can't feel
For a short deadly while
For a day for a year for a touch I can't feel
For a sour little time...
For a day for a year for a little deadly while
I'm short of breath
I'm short of time
I stray under the Sun
I'm short of days
I'm short of nights
Am I the only one ?
Bridges're burning
Behind todays
Over muddy flow of lies
Let me out of debt
Let me pay the price
With a fistful of despite
For a day, for a year for a touch I can't feel
For a short deadly while
For a day for a year for a touch I can't feel
For a sour little time...
For a day for a year for a little short deadly while
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