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Filthy Hands

from Exploding Greens by Kendall Swan

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It's becoming more often now, the thought crawls into my brain
Wakes me in the middle of the night and I go walking in the rain
The doctor said to stay inside; the rain's going to make you sick
But I'm out here every night in my clothes
How much worse could it get?
Make sure the family's in bed, put on my shoes and slip out the door
To look for a place to rest because my legs are getting sore
Head through the creaking forest, it's untouched because it's black, it's not green
Push through the bushes to a shore that no one's ever seen

With purple water and a purple sky
The ocean has been crystalized
Yea, it looks as thin as ice
But I think I'll have to give it a try

So I walk for miles and miles, look over my shoulder, make sure I can't see land
Out on this crystal, purple water, in the middle there's a man
His pupils are too big like mine and they can taste any other's demise
But when our eyes connect they start to shrink in size
He carries a mirror and uses it to smash clocks that tick inside of chests
He looks so beautiful to me, and out of my mind flow the rest

Then out of his mouth comes music to me
It starts to rock me slowly to sleep
"The crystal is just as thin as can be
Take my hand, we'll smash and we'll swim under the sea."

"No, keep your filthy hands away from me
The tears you cry, they're gonna flood this sea
I'm going to tag you to these totem poles
You're not a part of me
A thousand tongues cut out to form my own
A thousand hearts cut out when names are carved in stone
And they should go in front, but this is what I want
Oh, it's just what I want
But it's not what you want
And you are what I want
So it's not what I want."

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from Exploding Greens, released April 28, 2013
Thom Hyde - Drum Set
Elliott Pillsbury - Flute

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