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This is the way the world ends.

by Young Blood

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Everything we see is a shadow of things we cannot see. When I was younger I knew that thunder was not God angry at me, now I'm not so sure. Hollow men, shallow men. Take a stroll through the whole of the city. Watch the storm roll in, no dares to look at the sky. Now that I'm older, you'd think I get bolder, but I can't make sense of this thing on my shoulder. I need more time (I've got no time.) Which God is greater? The one down on paper or the one who lights the sky? I wanna see something beautiful, I wanna see something right. Not a river filled with mines. Don't mind the aftermath of war. I wanna see something beautiful, I wanna see something right. Not another CEO with his own television show. I wanna see something beautiful, I wanna see something right. Don't want to see the bodies on TV. I don't want to see something beautiful. I don't want to see something, just want to live in the darkness of my own night. IS THIS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS?IS THIS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS?IS THIS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS?IS THIS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS?IS THIS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS?IS THIS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS?IS THIS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS?IS THIS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS?IS THIS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS?IS THIS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS?IS THIS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS?IS THIS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS?
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First lines are intimidating. Is this what you were anticipating: "I got figured out, I got it all down. Take my word for word. Write it all down."? I got nothing. Well, I got something. I got something, but it tastes like nothing. Like shadows dancing on the walls of Platonian caves. And it's a beautiful dance. You're a beautiful soul. Find a false call at the altar call. Maybe one day I won't be so cynical. Roman Catholic, Pentecostal. What's it really mean to be non-denominational? We're throwing fists over Eucharist again. Who's gonna clean the blood from the baptismal? One body. One body. One body of beautiful souls. Melancholy Sunday folly, here we go again. So predictable, unforgiveable--What? don't worry I'm just joking. Choking on the hopes that manifest themselves through weeks of strength. Weekends bring the week to an end, and the weakness; what a mess, like Hiroshima. New earth, old earth, virgin birth. Things don't make sense. Hence faith is how you see. Taste and see the Lord is good scoffer. Coffer filler, blessing spillers, evangelical pillars, faith killers--no room for us. Hush, we're gonna pray. Silence your questions now because: Shh. I ain't got it figured out. Don't got it all down.
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I keep a positive face, like the ship's not sinking. I was thinking maybe I should keep my voice down. Because I can't see the words: "I see a generation rising up to take it's place." Not even with my positive face. I see a careless, couldn't care less generation. I'd like an explanation for the excommunication of meaning. Don't stop feeling.
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Sure. 02:56
I have a hundreds of hearts, I have a million false starts. I'm scared that you're got my heart. I'm scared that I've got your heart. I hate being apart. I hate these awkward false starts. When were on the phone. Sometimes I feel alone. I have a hundred hearts. It was over from the start.
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Beginning. 02:31
Being a religious kid and all, I said my prayers the night before. At the show she smoked a cigarette--her prayer ascended to heaven in a cloud of nicotine smoke. And I know God has heard her prayer. A simple prayer: I need help, I can't do this on my own. Lord I know I don't always believe the words I sing and sometimes I fall asleep at church. (in the back). If this is the way the world ends, then I want to end it with you. My Lord. Thine is, thine is the. Glory and forever.
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epilogue. 01:47

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released April 1, 2011

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