Evacuation

Album: Binaural (2000)
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  • The sirens scream wanton attention
    Time to take heed and change directions
    Time to take stock and make omissions

    Evacuation
    Evacuation

    Time to take leave all formal functions
    Time to plant seeds of reconstruction
    No time this time to feign reluctance

    It's like you're waiting for a diamond shore to wash your way
    Bets put aside, you're evil, let's crawl into your face
    A vision, vague or not, raising a frightful wake-you-up

    Time for evacuation
    Evacuation
    Evacuation
    Evacuation
    Evacuation
    Evacuation
    Evacuation

    There was a solemn man who watched his twilight disappear in the sand
    Altered by a fallen eagle, a warning sign
    He sensed worry could be strength, with a plan said time for

    Evacuation
    Evacuation
    Evacuation
    Evacuation

    Evacuation, evacuation
    Evacuation, evacuation
    Evacuation, evacuation
    Evacuation, evacuation
    Evacuation, evacuation
    Evacuation, evacuation Writer/s: EDDIE VEDDER, MATT CAMERON
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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  • Paulo Pereira from UsaSpecifically, Cameron wrote the music for this song.
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