The New Pornographers
All the Things That Go to Make Heaven and Earth
Challengers (2007)
Power Chords
C# intro
Verse 1:
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All those things that go to make heaven and this
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Where Midnight walks with flesh across the canvas
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Midnight, who was a girl
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Midnight, who lost control and found this world
Verse 2:
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With matter removed of divine dimension
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Our time reduced to an honorable mention
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This world, which time forgot
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This world, it lost control and then saw God
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All of the things that go to make heaven and earth are here
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All of the things that go to make heaven and earth
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Put your new weight in gold and see what it's worth
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All of the things that go to make heaven and earth are here
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All of the things that go to make heaven and this
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Success was survival and, kid, it still is
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Success was survival and, kid, it still is
Verse 3:
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Did you think of something he didn't think of?
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Crashing into horizons, on the brink of
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success! Hurrah!
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Success which was survival gone too far
Chorus
C# outro