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I could break free from the
Wood of a coffin
If I need
But nothin s hard as
Gettin free from places
I ve already been
I ve been waste-deep
In the burnin meadows
Of my mind
In the engine
In cold December
Shootin fire from the hose
Now turn off your lights
Cause I m not comin home
Til I m delivered for the first time
I was first-born to a parade
That follows in rows
Down a narrow cold black river
Faceless shadows
Movin slow
I would move swift when
The sounds of a trumpet would blow
I ve been the puppet
I ve been the strings
I know the vacant face it brings
Now the bells of curfew
They may ring before I m through
But soon
I ll be delivered for the first time
You might keep clean
In the back of an angel motorcade
It doesn t matter who walks in
You know, the joke is still the same
You ll just wake up
Like a disposable lover
Decomposed
I ve been gone
I ve been remembered
I ve been alive
I ve been the ghost
So now, if downtown explodes
I ll still be on this road
Til I m delivered for the first time
I have drawn blood
From the neckline
When vampires were in fashion
You know I d even learn
To cut my throat
If I thought I could fit in
Cause I, I once heard
That you gotta learn
How to blend in to this mess
Where nothin s hard
Nothin s precious
And nothin s smooth or flawless
Now, no more amused
Just screaming to be delivered
For the first time
Now I m 10 miles in the deep
And mighty blue sea
Looking back, towards a long white beach
Burnin up into yellow flames
And I just wave back
Like a little boy up on a pony
In a show
Cause I can t fix
Something this complex
Any more than I can build a rose
So just keep on letting go
Cause I must be close
To being delivered for the first time
Now I d rather bleed out
A long stream from being lonely
And feel blessed
Well than drown, laying face down
In a puddle of respect
I was once lost
In the corridors of the arena
In blindfolds
I ve been the bull
I ve been the whip
I just pulled down the matador
So now, turn on your lights
Cause I m comin home
I ve been delivered for the first time
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