Famous Prophets (Nails)
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Apologies to future mes and yous
But I can't help feeling like we're through
The ripping of the tape hurts my ears
In my years, I have never seen anyone quit quite like you
Twin bruises on my shins
From where I kicked the back of the seat in
They meant what I went through for you
But now they're fading, now they're gone
These teenage hands will never touch yours again
But I remember you, you had a body
You had hands and arms and legs and et cetera
Did I fail? Did I fall?
Did I waste my time, waste my time on a broken heart?
Or is this the start of the great silence?
Is this the start of every day?
I'm not gonna end up a nervous wreck
Like the people I know who are nervous wrecks
Though I'm not gonna name names
Yours was an exception
Did the sound just stop?
At the end of every day
There'll be nothing left to say
There'll be no backstage pass
We gotta go back
We gotta go back
We gotta go back
We gotta go back
We gotta go back
We gotta go back
We gotta go back
We gotta go back
We gotta go back
We gotta go back
We gotta go back
We gotta go back
We gotta go back
We gotta go back
We gotta go back
Don't get too impressed
You might lose your breath
Don't predict your death
'Cause I like you the best
Don't you fall apart
You might lose my heart
You know I love your art
You can write stories for the paper
You can find fortunes out at sea
When the snow clears, the face I wanna see
Anyone but you
The ocean washed over your grave
The ocean washed open your grave
The ocean washed over your grave
The ocean washed open your grave
The ocean washed over your grave
The ocean washed open your grave
The ocean washed over your grave
The ocean washed open your grave
The ocean washed over your grave
The ocean washed open your grave
The ocean washed over your grave
The ocean washed open your grave
For three transgressions of Nails
And for four I will not revoke the punishment
(The ocean washed open your grave)
For three transgressions of Kim
And for four I will not revoke the punishment
(The ocean washed open your grave)
So descend into clichรฉ
If you've found your holy grail
(The ocean washed over your grave)
I could fill back in that grave
I could hammer in that nail
(The ocean washed open your grave)
I could give you what you want
I could give you what you deserve
(The ocean washed over your grave)
I could sing another song
I could watch that hammer swerve
(The ocean washed open your grave)
And when the mirror breaks
I wouldn't miss it for the world
(The ocean washed over your grave)
Call it blackstar, call it painstar
The same thing happens when you touch it
(The ocean washed open your grave)
Let me tell you, did they tell you what happens when you touch it?
Did they tell you?
(The ocean washed over your grave)
Let me tell you what happens when you touch it
Let me tell you
Let me, let me, let me, let me
Let me, let me, let me, let me
Let me, let me, let me, yeah
(The ocean washed open your grave)
For three transgressions of Nails
And for four I will not revoke the punishment
For wanting to be human, for wanting to be human
For three transgressions of Kim
And for four I will not revoke the punishment
Why did you ask me to be human?
Why did you ask me to be human?
The ocean washed over your grave
The ocean washed open your grave
The ocean washed over your grave
The ocean washed open your grave
The ocean washed over your grave
The ocean washed open your grave
So descend into clichรฉ
If the music has forsaken you
Roll the stone over the grave
I never liked that one anyways
Or stare into the face
Of whatever it is that's facing you
And if the levee breaks
You'll find out what it is that's replacing you
And when the mirror breaks
I wouldn't miss it for the world
Call it blackstar, call it painstar
The same thing happens when you touch it
Did they tell you what happens when you touch it
Did they tell you what happens when you touch it
Did they tell you
Did they tell me