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PRAY TO THE HOLLOW

from A Bed for a Phoenix by James Burke

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lyrics

Saw a puff of cloud in the shape of a heart
She told me damn near everything I needed to know
See, Saint Valentine is a cousin of mine
He's the kind I never new too well

Do I love you dearly or do I love you nearly?
I don't wanna know

Just a couple of glossy-eyed compassionate circles
Spinning round and round round until they gotta hurl
And if they keep it in they'll have to do it again
Until they think there's no place as home

So I took it upon myself
To smash every mirror inside your house
You're taking the long way
You're taking the long way round

Ah, it's kinda fishy aint it?
That he swam all this way through tears and somehow made it
When he got out of his own way
The dam began to break

Can't be dizzy once you know you're a spinning top

GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY
GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY
GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY
GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY
GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY
GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY
GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY
GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY
A PEOPLE DISPLACED
A PEOPLE DISPLACED
A PEOPLE DISPLACED
A PEOPLE DISPLACED
A PEOPLE DISPLACED
A PEOPLE DISPLACED
A PEOPLE DISPLACED
A PEOPLE DISPLACED
PRAY TO THE HOLLOW
PRAY TO THE HOLLOW
PRAY TO THE HOLLOW
PRAY TO THE HOLLOW
PRAY TO THE HOLLOW
PRAY TO THE HOLLOW
PRAY TO THE HOLLOW
PRAY TO THE HOLLOW
AND ME, I GO
WHERE I GO

And it doesn't take too long
For meaning to become empty scaffolding
You pray to the hollow statue
And I'll pray to the empty box
Six times a day
Till it fills our thoughts

So I took it upon myself
To smash every mirror inside your house
You're taking the long way 'round
You're taking the long way

GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY
GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY
GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY
GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY
GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY
GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY
GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY
GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY
A PEOPLE DISPLACED
A PEOPLE DISPLACED
A PEOPLE DISPLACED
A PEOPLE DISPLACED
A PEOPLE DISPLACED
A PEOPLE DISPLACED
A PEOPLE DISPLACED
A PEOPLE DISPLACED
PRAY TO THE HOLLOW
PRAY TO THE HOLLOW
PRAY TO THE HOLLOW
PRAY TO THE HOLLOW
PRAY TO THE HOLLOW
PRAY TO THE HOLLOW
PRAY TO THE HOLLOW
PRAY TO THE HOLLOW
AND ME, I GO
WHERE I GO

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from A Bed for a Phoenix, released October 14, 2023

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