Poor Canary

by Lava Lakes

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POOR CANARY

Poor canary. If we’d made a tiny gasmask for you, if only
We could’ve sunk to our deaths unnoticed
But I had to leave the suffering to you, alone.

And now it’s just slow corrosion
Selling a day at a time, for an inch of motion
If I’d have started a war, I think I’d have noticed
But we can stick our heads in the sand and pretend
That we’re friends.

Cause now when I see you, on your own
Loosing steam steam steam
Locomotion.

Woman won't you hold your head up
Woman won't you hold your head up
Woman won't you hold your head up.

Cause now when you see me, on my own
I’m raising an army out of your bones.
Oh we both had our reasons for selling our souls
Yours was an itching
Mine was long gone.

Woman won't you hold your head up
Woman won't you hold your head up
Woman won't you hold your head up.

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released April 29, 2018
Performed and recorded and by David Childs
Mixed by Fabian Hunter
Mastered by Tom Beard

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