Oh you will ride your foxes
You'll swim with armies
You said you'd build us a tower where we can stretch our legs and be free
Oh you have built this tower
Made of lies and misery
You scraped the skin from my arms
Tied knots in my veins
You have built this hole from me
Oh you will ride your foxes
You said you'd save me
You swore you'd love
Love me
Oh I would swim these waters that have poured out of me
I almost threw out my arms and swore you were the cavalry
But every mask every day
Through porcelain I see
This faery's tale is fading
But I'm a little bit brighter
Than you knew me to be
My spine unwinds, you see
Oh this vision is fading
And these walls don't sing
And I wonder if you ever think of me
Oh I wonder if you ever think of me
credits
from Demo,
released November 1, 2010
Recorded with Fred Champion in 2010 in Wilmington, NC.
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