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A New Berlin

from Swans by The Rational Academy

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soften up your highlights
holding breaks through the night
steady uphill sequence
sidelined friends in a fight
i could almost guess your age
outside of this town
sing as choirs arched up
fresh lips pushed to the ground

i could hold your head in hands
that have known faces
that have held white horses
bled as brave clean warriors fell

sell your awe in chains
and sink your name in a song
under oath and bags of golden virtues
sell your secrets inked
your mothers clean love
sing as choirs safe in soil
dug from the ground

let me have your soldiers
let them ride these horses
and depend on friends you've know
let me hold this hostage down

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from Swans, released June 1, 2009

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