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The song appears in different form on the first ThouShaltNot album, but this is definitely the arrangement I had in mind when I wrote it in the fall of 1995 in Deurne. Its rhythms were specifically inspired by the Cure's "Hanging Garden."

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Something Dire

I thought I'd gotten over this
Day after day after a hundred years
What good is it now
I tremble to contain
Everything promised and never received
Everyone said that they wouldn't leave
Everything promised and never received

Stop me if I let my tongue spew fire
Kill me if you cannot reach me
Stop me if I'm doing something dire
Kill me if you cannot teach me

I thought I would endure it all
I cannot see what i had wanted then
What have I done
The stains of yesterday
All of the time I was lying down
Backwards and forwards and bleeding sound
All of the time I was lying down

Stop me if I let my tongue spew fire
Kill me if you cannot reach me
Stop me if I'm doing something dire
Kill me if you cannot teach me

But I'll stay again
I can wait some more
I can stay right here for what's in store
I can hold my own
Glowing like a rose
I will stay right here until you go

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