Black Sun

Album: Kintsugi (2015)
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  • There is whisky in the water
    And there is death upon the vine
    There is fear in the eyes of your father
    And there is "Yours" and there is "Mine"
    There is a desert veiled in pavement
    And there's a city of seven hills
    And all our debris flows to the ocean
    To meet again, I hope it will

    How could something so fair
    Be so cruel
    When this black sun revolved
    Around you!

    There is an answer in a question
    And there is hope within despair
    And there is beauty in a failure,
    And there are depths beyond compare
    There is a role of a lifetime
    And there's a song yet to be sung
    And there's a dumpster in the driveway
    Of all the plans that came undone

    How could something so fair
    Be so cruel
    When this black sun revolved
    Around you!
    How could something so fair
    Be so cruel
    When this black sun revolved
    Around you!

    There is whisky in the water
    And there is death upon the vine
    And there is grace within forgiveness
    But it's so hard for me to find

    How could something so fair
    Be so cruel
    When this black sun revolved
    Around you!
    How could something so fair
    Be so cruel
    When this black sun revolved
    Around you! Writer/s: Benjamin Gibbard
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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