[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Hello, rainbow
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What an afternoon you've chosen to appear to us
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You're lookin' quite, quite lovely
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How are my friends, those clouds?
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Sweet, sweet mother, don't you cry again
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My sister spoke of children dyin'
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Dyin' in her womb
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Brother, keep your wallet underneath the covers
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When the snow comes
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Winter gets so cold
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So cold my palms can sweat no more
[Chorus]
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So I reach for my head
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I understand nothing
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I reach for a constellation
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That seems to be growing
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Growing stronger in me
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Built by a beast
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Built by a beast
[Verse 2]
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Blue van, driving north through Canada
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So long, oh Louisiana and a fist full of friends
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You call, nothing here but emptiness
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Though somehow, I feel the most comforted
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With no one, with no heat, and no tellin'
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Where we'll wake up next
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Oh, the yard springs to life the warmest water
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Cleansing, and oh my god, what's the matter with the sky
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Oh look, look, here it comes that Borealis
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Mine eyes have not seen anything like it
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What a world is this
[Chorus]
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So I reach for my head
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I understand nothing
Dm Bb
I reach for a constellation
F C
That seems to be growing
Dm Bb F C
Growing stronger in me
Dm Bb F C
Built by a beast
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Built by a beast
[Verse 3]
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Laying in his cell, confined to just
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Euphoric, painless memories and mine
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A nurse can't seem to tell if he's alright
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There's silence from his wife
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I . V. sends him dreaming of his children
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Does he really even know them?
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There's no pain, but
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This cancer can't be good
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So I am hanging on his every word
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Pleading you've done the best you could
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His face weak from all the medication
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I'm determined to sing him of my revelations
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Send him on his way
[Outro]
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Well, pa, I'm sure you are in line with whatever you've got coming
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But I'm sure there were times you felt absolutely nothing
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At all in your head
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At all in your bed
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At all in your head
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Oh, well, pa, I'm sure you are in line with whatever you've got coming
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But I'm sure there were times you felt absolutely nothing
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At all in your head
Dm F C
At all in your bed
Dm C F
At all in your head