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All my friends are superheroes
Thanks to proper education
Some of them are dead inside by now
Some are locked up in their houses
All the rest are dressed in costumes
I don’t know if I think it’s so bad
That I’m not quite like them
I’m happy being sad
Oh my girlfriend is a goddess
Who could know she even bother?
I thought she would know better by now
We’re too young now to get married
Too busy to save the planet
Is it wrong that I no longer care?
Too happy to be glad
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Children of the womb
04:56
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Hey there children of the womb
All united down the line
Due to pay for our own life form
Without profits on our mind
No recession or oppression
As a rainbow clears our sight
Mental compass, moral fiber
Is the animal inside
Mother natures great depression
As we nurture girls as dolls
Don’t you like it? It’s not you’re fault
Then see no one else is you
Still I’m sure of our existence
And the value of our thoughts
An unconscious act of kindness
Is the best of all our kind
Believe in equality
The birthright to give love
And to experience
Anything you’d ever want
Holy father slave to prophets
Haven’t seen the problem yet
Painted faces on high horses
Make us dress up in our skin
I still do grieve the greedy
As if I’m not one myself
So from here on I’ve decided
To do more good things than bad
Believe in equality
The birthright to give love
And to experience
Anything you’d ever want
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Education
03:09
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I listened to the news today
I went outside and saw children play
I kept on walking though I knew that road would end
I kept on thinking about what people need
Education
I spoke to some good friends of mine
I read some books by intellectuals
I watched a speech by the president
I hung out in a small café
I had a lady read this from my palm
Education
I listened to the news today
I went outside and saw children play
I kept on walking though I knew that road would end
I kept on thinking about what people need
Education
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The meaning of now
05:54
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We sought lust for life
We found it at times
In our thoughts to shed light
We’re blinded
Say that you’ll pace your patience
Sense me in my absence
I don’t want to eat
I don’t want to sleep
Without you
I don’t want to walk
I don’t want to talk
Without you
Please don’t speak a word of tomorrow
I know the meaning of now
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Vinterplåga
05:57
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Collected her possessions
And scribbled down the truth about
Her feelings of her family and adolescent youth
Tickets down to kobenhavn
Europe out the door
She took the way by her friend Sara’s house
To ask her to come with
You and I on top of the world
Don’t you dare let me down now
She’d never come this close before
To staring at the tracks and marks
That Sara left when she was mad that time
But hadn’t meant no harm
They didn’t speak a word for weeks
And passed each other by in the halls
Until she got too drunk at an older boys house
And threw up in his bed
Let’s not be this stupid again
Swear you’ll always be my friend
Looking through the yearbook
From when she was only eight
Wearing flowers on that dress of hers
And a frown upon her face
Nothing in that picture
Telling how it’s going to be
Being raised up in a working town
That no one ever leaves
Don’t walk out on us
Know you’ll never come back alive
All she wants to do is ride
All she’s got to do is ride
Oh baby ride
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Always working to work
Spending time to earn more freedom
Before this bedroom gets cold
Oh squeeze me in your arms
Hold me there ‘til I grow old
Sing la vie en ros
By my side
By my side
Listening to Lou Reed
Staying far away from bullies
Teach me something you’ve learned
Tell me everything that you’re proud of
Lalalalalalala
Lalalalalala
By my side
By my side
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