Scourge of a Despot
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โฑ๏ธ 5:08 duration
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๐ Lyrics
Thrown in paths elliptical
Lasted just an hour
Called us all to witness
We hoped for total blackened sky
Awakened street lights (in the afternoon)
Though ideal they aligned we (we'd forget)
Stood outside the path of totality (what's still left)
When it comes again
Where will we be then?
Maybe it wasn't what we'd thought
There in the dark, there were no shapes to all the stars
To tell them apart
We thought then
What if it means nothing
You saw the moonlight split among its woven turns
And how the light was thus disturbed
You swallowed your words
Hoping for another way out
But never could work up the nerve
'Cause fulfillment has a learning curve
And I kept to the wall, got off on the wrong floor (I was hoping this time)
When I left out the rest, you knew there was more (I'd stay for more)
The present tense now seldom affords
(Relevant) discourse like
We used to feel things we had never felt
Used to keep secrets we'd never tell
Used to have someone to keep the secrets from
I guess we used them well
Waited 'til the night before
Waited through the winter
Wait 'til years pass faster than before
And its spinning (and its ending) (I opened the door)
Makes no difference (meant acceptance) (I stood in silence)
We can't feel angles obliquitous (was to be our last attempt) (before entering)
We'll be upright, though at a distance (we're working up to our reflections)
Anywhere on the surface
Lasted just an hour
Called us all to witness
We hoped for total blackened sky
Awakened street lights (in the afternoon)
Though ideal they aligned we (we'd forget)
Stood outside the path of totality (what's still left)
When it comes again
Where will we be then?
Maybe it wasn't what we'd thought
There in the dark, there were no shapes to all the stars
To tell them apart
We thought then
What if it means nothing
You saw the moonlight split among its woven turns
And how the light was thus disturbed
You swallowed your words
Hoping for another way out
But never could work up the nerve
'Cause fulfillment has a learning curve
And I kept to the wall, got off on the wrong floor (I was hoping this time)
When I left out the rest, you knew there was more (I'd stay for more)
The present tense now seldom affords
(Relevant) discourse like
We used to feel things we had never felt
Used to keep secrets we'd never tell
Used to have someone to keep the secrets from
I guess we used them well
Waited 'til the night before
Waited through the winter
Wait 'til years pass faster than before
And its spinning (and its ending) (I opened the door)
Makes no difference (meant acceptance) (I stood in silence)
We can't feel angles obliquitous (was to be our last attempt) (before entering)
We'll be upright, though at a distance (we're working up to our reflections)
Anywhere on the surface
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:59.79] Thrown in paths elliptical
[01:04.94] Lasted just an hour
[01:10.39] Called us all to witness
[01:15.17] We hoped for total blackened sky
[01:19.18] Awakened street lights (in the afternoon)
[01:22.78] Though ideal they aligned we (we'd forget)
[01:25.60] Stood outside the path of totality (what's still left)
[01:31.13] When it comes again
[01:35.07] Where will we be then?
[02:18.56] Maybe it wasn't what we'd thought
[02:28.97] There in the dark, there were no shapes to all the stars
[02:37.91] To tell them apart
[02:41.34] We thought then
[02:46.82] What if it means nothing
[02:55.07] You saw the moonlight split among its woven turns
[02:59.41] And how the light was thus disturbed
[03:02.25] You swallowed your words
[03:06.48] Hoping for another way out
[03:10.13] But never could work up the nerve
[03:14.59] 'Cause fulfillment has a learning curve
[03:45.35] And I kept to the wall, got off on the wrong floor (I was hoping this time)
[03:52.46] When I left out the rest, you knew there was more (I'd stay for more)
[03:57.61] The present tense now seldom affords
[04:00.58] (Relevant) discourse like
[04:02.97] We used to feel things we had never felt
[04:05.89] Used to keep secrets we'd never tell
[04:08.61] Used to have someone to keep the secrets from
[04:11.90] I guess we used them well
[04:25.82] Waited 'til the night before
[04:28.79] Waited through the winter
[04:31.66] Wait 'til years pass faster than before
[04:46.82] And its spinning (and its ending) (I opened the door)
[04:48.63] Makes no difference (meant acceptance) (I stood in silence)
[04:50.25] We can't feel angles obliquitous (was to be our last attempt) (before entering)
[04:53.50] We'll be upright, though at a distance (we're working up to our reflections)
[04:56.31] Anywhere on the surface
[04:59.64]
[01:04.94] Lasted just an hour
[01:10.39] Called us all to witness
[01:15.17] We hoped for total blackened sky
[01:19.18] Awakened street lights (in the afternoon)
[01:22.78] Though ideal they aligned we (we'd forget)
[01:25.60] Stood outside the path of totality (what's still left)
[01:31.13] When it comes again
[01:35.07] Where will we be then?
[02:18.56] Maybe it wasn't what we'd thought
[02:28.97] There in the dark, there were no shapes to all the stars
[02:37.91] To tell them apart
[02:41.34] We thought then
[02:46.82] What if it means nothing
[02:55.07] You saw the moonlight split among its woven turns
[02:59.41] And how the light was thus disturbed
[03:02.25] You swallowed your words
[03:06.48] Hoping for another way out
[03:10.13] But never could work up the nerve
[03:14.59] 'Cause fulfillment has a learning curve
[03:45.35] And I kept to the wall, got off on the wrong floor (I was hoping this time)
[03:52.46] When I left out the rest, you knew there was more (I'd stay for more)
[03:57.61] The present tense now seldom affords
[04:00.58] (Relevant) discourse like
[04:02.97] We used to feel things we had never felt
[04:05.89] Used to keep secrets we'd never tell
[04:08.61] Used to have someone to keep the secrets from
[04:11.90] I guess we used them well
[04:25.82] Waited 'til the night before
[04:28.79] Waited through the winter
[04:31.66] Wait 'til years pass faster than before
[04:46.82] And its spinning (and its ending) (I opened the door)
[04:48.63] Makes no difference (meant acceptance) (I stood in silence)
[04:50.25] We can't feel angles obliquitous (was to be our last attempt) (before entering)
[04:53.50] We'll be upright, though at a distance (we're working up to our reflections)
[04:56.31] Anywhere on the surface
[04:59.64]