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The Line She Winds Around The Black Forest Pines

from When The Animals Follow The Gunshots by The Great Park

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THE LINE SHE WINDS AROUND THE BLACK FOEST PINES

IT IS NOT IN WHAT'S MISSING AND IT IS NOT IN WHAT'S LOST IT IS MORE IN WHAT'S LEFT AND WHAT I'VE NOW GOT I WAS OUT FROM THE FIRELIGHT AND PAST THE DRY DOCK FAR AWAY FROM THE TOWN WHERE IT ALL WENT DOWN TO ROT I WAS PROMISED A JOB I WAS PROMISED A ROOM I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING THEY GAVE BOTH TO YOU NOW I KNOW THE WAY BUT I DON'T SEE THE SIGNS TO THE LINE SHE WINDS ROUND THE BLACK FOREST PINES IT GOES I CAN HUNT HIGH AND LOW THROUGH RAIN SLEET AND SNOW I CAN MEASURE NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE LIGHTS IN THE SKY I CAN FATHOM AND TOW BUT I DO NOT KNOW THE LINE SHE WINDS AROUND THE BLACK FOREST PINES IT GOES ALL THE THINGS I DESIRE THROUGH ELECTRICAL WIRE AND THE PIECES OF CLOTH THE SWALLOW THE COUGH THE SONG THRUSH THE HEAVE THE DREAM HER BEAK THE TRAMPING THROUGH COAL DUST AND BELLOWING FROM A COLD LUNG THE 1 2 3 2 2 3 HARDLY ENOUGH HOW TO GET THERE FROM HERE WHEN THE WHERE ISN'T CLEAR YOU ARE HERE IN MY THROAT BUT IT’s ONLY TO CHOKE WE HAVE LOST YOU SEE YEAH YOU SEE YOU SEE IT GOES THE LINE SHE WINDS AROUND THE BLACK FOREST PINES

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from When The Animals Follow The Gunshots, released December 22, 2013

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