Wintersleep - Preservation Lyrics

Wintersleep Lyrics

"Preservation"

That night he hurt you bad
In that green, pastel
Summer dress
You'd die alone with the land
A hollow head in its hands
But everybody does that
But with particular scorn
In polyurethane form
Freeze dried, stuff to the brim

Preservation
Preservation
Preservation

Hide in our hideous masks
Your daddy's shitty
Shake grass
I told you I couldn't see it
A monument of pills
Grocery lists, telephone bills
Pamphlets & dollar store trinkets

Preservation
Preservation
Preservation
Preservation
Preservation
Preservation
Preservation

But if that was how you put
It, and if you ever willed it
I would embroider you
In disaffected kisses, in
Bleach reticent sunsets
Soldered animal glue

A hand too heavy to hold
Lips that won't
Do what they're told
How do we ever begin it?

Preservation
Preservation
Preservation

Preservation
Preservation
Preservation
Preservation
Preservation
Preservation
Preservation
Preservation
Preservation
Preservation
Preservation
Preservation
(How do we grow old? How do we grow old?)

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album: "New Inheritors" (2010)

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