The Devil's In The Details

Album: My Morning Jacket (2021)
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  • It happened at the mall
    Grand finale of stranger things
    The kid in me remembers how it feels

    To be grown, but not enough
    For a child who starts to see
    The blossom of a life just beginning

    So take me to the mall
    And wash me in the stream
    The devil's in the details, baby

    Send the children off to war
    Drafted by poverty
    The senator's son is safely sound asleep

    Aw, but let us forget the war
    And buy something pretty
    Change the channel
    Create the illusion of real safety

    The lord is at the mall
    And the demons are in the trees
    The devil's in the details, baby

    Growing up at the mall
    Amidst the fruits of slavery
    We all stand complicit in the greed

    Going to Sephora
    To find a different face
    With enough paint, I'll disappear without a trace

    From the TV, I learned it all
    And I practice what they preach
    The apple don't fall far from the tree

    I'm uploading my heart and soul
    As this world sinks into the sea
    The devil's in the details, baby

    I have no word for god
    I'm down on my bended knees
    Praying to whoever might could save me

    Look beyond my eyes
    And tell me what you see
    Can you see the truth beyond the fear?

    Though fleeting, they may seem
    Our thoughts and our deeds
    Are carved in stone and steel for all to see

    Look back on our actions
    Will we ever be redeemed?
    The devil's in the details, baby, oh, oh, oh Writer/s: James Olliges Jr.
    Publisher: Hipgnosis Songs Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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