Intro:
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Verse 1:
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I couldn't utter my love when it counted
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Ah, but I'm singing like a bird, 'bout it now
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And I couldn't whisper when you needed it shouted
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Ah, but I'm singing like a bird, 'bout it now
 
Chorus 1:
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Words hung above
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But never would form
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Like a cry at the final breath that is drawn
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Remember me love, when I'm reborn
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As the shrike to your sharp and glorious thorn
 
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Verse 2:
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Had no idea on what ground I was founded
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All of that goodness is going with you now
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Then when I met you my virtues uncounted
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All of my goodness is going with you now
 
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Dragging along, follow in your form
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Hung like the pelt of some prey you had worn
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Remember me love, when I'm reborn
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As the shrike to your sharp and glorious thorn
 
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Verse 3:
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I fled to the city with so much discounted
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Ah, but I'm flying like a bird to you now
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Back to the hedgerows where bodies are mounted
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Ah, but I'm flying like a bird to you now
 
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I was housed by your warmth
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Thus transformed
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By your grounded and giving and darkening scorn
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Remember me love, when I'm reborn
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As the shrike to your sharp and glorious thorn