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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Beck
Beck
Performer
David Campbell
David Campbell
Conductor
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Beck Hansen
Beck Hansen
Composer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Think I'm stranded but I don't know where
I got this diamond that you'll know how to shine
In the sun where the dark winds wail
And the children leave their rumors behind
[Verse 2]
As we cross ten leagues from a rubicon
With matchsticks for my bones
If we could learn how to freeze ourselves alive
We could learn to leave these burdens to burn
[Verse 3]
Cast out these creatures of woe
Who shatter themselves
Fighting the fire with your bare hands
[Verse 4]
Now my journey takes me further south
I want to hear what the blind men sing
With the fossils and their gypsy bones
I stand besides myself so I'm not alone
[Verse 5]
How can I make new again
What rust every time it rains
And the rain it comes and floods our lungs
We're just orphans in a tidal wave's wake
[Verse 6]
If I wake up and see my maker coming
With all of his crimson and his iron desire
We'll drag the streets with the baggage of longing
To be loved or destroyed
From a void
To a grain of sand in your hand
Written by: Beck Hansen
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