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[Verse]
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We’ve been sown, grown here on the soil
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With roots that burrow deep
We’ve been long left, but edges of the coil now
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Closer ever creep
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Elders, tellers, keepers of the bygone
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Treasures of the dirt
Brush and string we and scribble and we sing
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And dig for the annals of the earth
[Chorus]
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And we try, try, try
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To keep a little beauty in the world
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All that died, died, died
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We keep it in our hands
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
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In their dark clouds, blackening the sun
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They came down to the shores
Motors hard, loud, beaten, overcome
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No peace here anymore
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Bridges rigid, wicked are the pillars
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Push us till we fall (until we fall)
Prophet’s lies burn craving in their eyes still
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Casting a shadow over all
[Chorus]
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And we try, try, try
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To keep a little beauty in the world
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All that died, died, died
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We keep it in our hands
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Oo-oo-ooh
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we are the fading voice (we are the elders, tellers)
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Oo-oo-ooh
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we keep it in our hands
[Interlude]
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Ooh, we tell it to the page
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Ooh, we never let it fade
[Chorus]
FG
And we try, try, try
Dm
To keep a little beauty in the world
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All that died, died, died
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We keep it in our hands
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Oo-oo-ooh
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we are the fading voice (we are the elders, tellers)
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Oo-oo-ooh
Dm
we keep it in our hands
[Outro]
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