Biography:
Do you know the painting that you see on some greeting cards where all of the animals are sitting together, stoic and proud in the forest, and there in the background, rising in the sky, it's the earth? You have to ask “why aren't the animals trying to fight and eat each other? They are fucking enemies!” and “why is the earth rising into the sky? If the earth is in the sky, then where the fuck are we?” That shit is Wax Mannequin. Kind of lame... but so important and gripping.
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The streets of Vancouver are flooded
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With the blood of the sleepwalking dead
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Dreamed we walked on this river together
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His greasy hands pulled us in 'bove our heads
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This land's ancient insides are burning
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The fiery pine needle cooks her bones
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Told me if I burn bright like she does
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Come winter I won't make it home
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So follow me out through grey rain, and darker doubt
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Follow me back, coals are red, soles are black
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Said you'd follow me to the end of the earth
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But the end of me is bound to come first
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Calgary's gold is someone's curse
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Seen the good life get better as the livin' gets worse
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Came to you oil rich and angry
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But the power weighed more than it's worth
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So you follow me west to keep fire off my chest
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And you follow me east to console the icy beast
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Said you follow me to the end of the earth
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But the end of me is bound to come first
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Lady; I know its a life that you long for
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I'll win it for you if I can
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Folks says there's a good flood that's coming
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And I've seen the drowning's begun
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This river has swept up your man
C F
The streets of Vancouver are flooded
C F G
With the blood of the sleepwalking dead
Am G
Dreamed we walked on this river together
F G Am
His greasy hands pulled us in 'bove our heads
C F
This land's ancient insides are burning
C F G
The fiery pine needle cooks her bones
Am G
Told me if I burn bright like she does
F G Am
Come winter I won't make it home
C G Am F
So follow me out through grey rain, and darker doubt
C G Am F
Follow me back, coals are red, soles are black
Am G Am G
Said you'd follow me to the end of the earth
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But the end of me is bound to come first
C F
Calgary's gold is someone's curse
C F G
Seen the good life get better as the livin' gets worse
Am G
Came to you oil rich and angry
F G Am
But the power weighed more than it's worth
C G Am F
So you follow me west to keep fire off my chest
C G Am F
And you follow me east to console the icy beast
Am G Am G
Said you follow me to the end of the earth
F G C
But the end of me is bound to come first
Am G
Lady; I know its a life that you long for
C Am
I'll win it for you if I can
Am G
Folks says there's a good flood that's coming
C F
And I've seen the drowning's begun
Dm G C
This river has swept up your man
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