Talking to Spotify and Radio X, Florence… Read More [Verse 1]
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I used to see the future and now I see nothin
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They cut out my eyes and sent me home packin
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To pace around the kitchen for scraps of inspiration
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Cryin like Cassandra, I
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I used to tell the future, but they cut out my tongue
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And left me doin laundry to think on what Id done
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It wasnt me, it was the song
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[Verse 2]
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I used to move into the future and bring it all back
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Let it bleed through my fingers, a treasure in my hands
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Now I creep out when theres no one about
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‘Cause they put crosses on the doors to try and keep me out
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The gardеns overgrown
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And I run in the middle of thе road (Ooh)
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[Chorus]
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Well, can you see me?
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I cannot see you
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Everything I thought I knew has fallen out of view
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In this blindness Im condemned to
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Well, can you hear me?
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I cannot hear you
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Every song I thought I knew, Ive been deafened to
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And theres no one left to sing to
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[Verse 3]
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All the gods have been domesticated
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And Heaven is now overrated
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And the churches, they all closed their doors
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But you can take your complaints straight to the Lord
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I try to still look with wonder on the world
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As the roses bloom
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And the riot van still plainly in view
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[Chorus]
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Well, can you see me?
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I cannot see you
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Everything I thought I knew has fallen out of view
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In this blindness that Im condemned to
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Well, can you hear me?
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I cannot hear you
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Every song I thought I knew, Ive been deafened to
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And theres no one left to sing to
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[Bridge]
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(Ooh)
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(Ooh)
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(Ooh, oh)
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Take me back (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
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Oh, drunken gods of slaughter (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
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You know Ive always been your favourite daughter (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
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[Chorus]
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Well, can you see me?
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I cannot see you
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Everything I thought I knew has fallen out of view
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And if I run fast enough
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Could I break apart
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As empires crumble and cathedrals flatten in my heart?