Heart Of The Continent

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[Verse 1]

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The north wind sinks the fence around a lot full of debris
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Near the corner of Memorial and me
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Where resurrected brick and drywall lean back into place
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There's a terrified reflection of my face

[Pre-Chorus 1]

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All alone at the gleaming knife display at the army surplus sales
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As the dusk descends and my inspiration fails

[Chorus 1]

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Ghost-filled park-as, discount sleeping bags
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Peer at me from the crumpled dark

[Verse 2]

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Inky bruises punched into the sky like bolts of light
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And then leak across the body of tonight
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While rain and thunder drop and roll then stop short of a storm
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Leave the air stuck with this waiting to be born

[Pre-Chorus 2]

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As I stand before an unresponsive automatic door
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It's just one more door that won't open for me anymore

[Chorus 2]

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Ex - it   light blinks red and then blinks off
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Leaving me to crumpled dark

[Interlude]

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[Bridge]

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There's a billboard by the highway
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That says welcome to, bienvenue
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But no sign to tell us where to turn around

[Chorus 3]

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So I'll make my  sha- ky  ex - cla - ma - tion mark
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Peering into crumpled dark