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Cursive - "The Loss" (Official Lyric Video)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Cursive
Cursive
Performer
Tim Kasher
Tim Kasher
Vocals
Megan Siebe
Megan Siebe
Cello
Ted Stevens
Ted Stevens
Electric Guitar
Matt Maginn
Matt Maginn
Bass Guitar
Patrick Newbery
Patrick Newbery
Keyboards
Clint Schnase
Clint Schnase
Drums
Luke Annis
Luke Annis
Trombone
Pat Oakes
Pat Oakes
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tim Kasher
Tim Kasher
Songwriter
Megan Siebe
Megan Siebe
Songwriter
Ted Stevens
Ted Stevens
Songwriter
Matt Maginn
Matt Maginn
Songwriter
Patrick Newbery
Patrick Newbery
Songwriter
Pat Oakes
Pat Oakes
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Cursive
Cursive
Producer
Marc Jacob Hudson
Marc Jacob Hudson
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
A dirty baby cries
Abandoned on a moonlit drive
She holds her arms above her head
Crying for her mother, yet there's nobody in sight
Fallen from the nest
Life is but a test
Does no one ever get the answers right?
[Verse 2]
I woke in a sweat
A macabre dream I won't soon forget
A bitter love bedraggled in mud
Had crept into our bedroom, oh, the past demands a debt
Our ghosts are never dead
Their arms above their heads
Wailing at a miscarried moon, "Why?"
[Refrain]
Rest, my love
The nightmare is over
[Outro]
Life is but a loss
Death is all it costs
What a brutal, devastating price
Written by: Matt Maginn, Megan Siebe, Pat Oakes, Patrick Newbery, Ted Stevens, Tim Kasher

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