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The Wailing Wall

from The Music of Chance by City Light Thief

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THE WAILING WALL
We're hauling stone by stone into the trenches,
no use in making monsters pretty.
Ten rows, no twists or turns, no arcs or arches.
A monument to nothingness.
Don't worry about the things that might never happen.
Just be glad that you're alive.
They say faith can move a mountain,
maybe muscles can, too.

Coast all the way to the end, the world falls into place,
a switch turns on inside of me and my whole body starts to hum.
We had everything in harmony, but you had to break our rhythm.
We know nothing!

We're nesting in routines for a palmful of days,
been chained to the oars, never cutting to the chase.
Aching muscles, clouded minds, our bodies call for sleep.
It takes more than just a contract for a promise to keep.
You know that all this is a dark and dirty thing,
I’m asking for trouble as the panic kicks in.
It looks like we've come to a parting of ways.
So i bring this to an end, you curse as loud as you can:
Take me out!

Take me at my word and I'll catch up with you when I get there.

"By the time you count to a hundred, you won’t even remember who I am."
There's no escape from where you came from.
There's no escape from home.

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from The Music of Chance, released May 11, 2012

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