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the pattern that follows will swallow me in

from the plague dances by fourlarks

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by mds, words by jr, esther sings

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oh! themoontonightisaplateofwhitecoalsthatglowandsigh!
I'll make my prayersto it up there! (though i cannot see the sky!)
w h y !!?? haveYouturnedYourfaceaway? isitthatmybodyshuddersandsways!
come on down!
and tell me why my hearts still beating!

(oh if someOne could come down!)
(just make me onesmallheartysound!)

make! me! one! small! sound!

isthatthenightbordbeginingtosing!?
theregothecricketstuningtheirstrings!?
givemearhymeforeverything!
alinkingvinethatweavesalineroundtheearthandbackagain!

thepatternthatfollowswillswallow me in..........

i hear the ocean! (thoughineverhavebeen)

oh! I'LL PULL DOWN THE SKY LIKE A BRIGHT BLUE CURTAIN!

fireflies they dance and dive in a thousand constellations!
i have dancedforcenturiesandi'veneverknownthereason!

but now the earth swells up through my feet
theresawarmthinthegroundhereastrangeandwondrousheat!thefurnacebelowusburnstoobright!theresastrangefireinthegroundtonight!

thepatternthatfollowswillswallow me in..........

Ihearthe sound ofangelswhisperin...

(oh!) I'LL PULL DOWN THE SKY LIKE A BRIGHT BLUE CURTAIN!

oh!sweetpathwaytremblingbridgewestanduponwithskinaglowing,wewillallmeltintooneintheplacewhereiamgoingi'mgoingi'mgoingi'mgoingi'mgoingi'mgoingi'mgoingi'mgoingi'mgoingi'mgoingi'mgoingi'mgoingi'mgoingi'mgoingi'mgoingi'mgoingi'mgoingi'mgoingi'mgoingi'mgoingi'mgoingi'mgoingi'mgoing!

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from the plague dances, released May 22, 2012

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