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The Fear & The Failing
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In a wide-screen cinema
A ghost play with amateur parts
Now you’re auditioning
For a character who’s dead from the start
To fail, to fear, to fail again
To fail, to fear, to fail again
A shape in a mirror
Looks just the same in the dark
Now turn to the water
A face of infinity, scarred
To fail, to fear, to fail again
To fail, to fear, to fail again
To fail, to fear, to fail again
To fail, to fear
In an age of exteriors
Of painted gods never sold
Your bones at the funeral
Were made up entirely of gold
To fail, to fear, to fail again
To fail, to fear, to fail again
To fail, to fear, to fail again
To fail, to fear
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Oh whom shall I call to speak to the algorithm?
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh whom shall I call to speak to the algorithm?
Oh please take me out
Oh please take me out
Oh please take me out
Of the system
Oh whom shall I call to change the name and the age?
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
I want to be found
I want to be found
But I’m older than thou
I’m older than thou
Youth is no proof of longevity
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Observable Universe Recordings / Sweeney Australia
A record label based for music by Sweeney and associates. Based on Kaurna Country.
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