Red Wine, Mistakes, Mythology

Album: To The Sea (2010)
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  • Everybody is made of clay
    That's what they used to say
    Until the truth stepped on us all
    Now everything that was big is small
    We're just little crying robots
    Program me
    I wanna win the race
    I wanna find the place
    Where the king
    Locked up the princess
    Jump the fence
    And drink a little bit of

    Red wine, mistakes, apologies
    Red wine, headaches, mythology

    Now who is the king of the sky
    Jupiter says oh me oh my oh why
    Is the game always changing
    I've been through some strangeness
    what's the matter
    Is the feast not fat enough
    Up the ladder with your feet
    Reaching with your hands
    You can feel it and dream it
    I know you want to believe it
    Just steal it
    Take a piece of the sun
    And drink some

    Red wine, mistakes, apologies
    Red wine, headaches, mythology

    Now everybody's in the play
    At least that's what the script
    Told me to say
    It said:
    Shadows cut across the hero's face
    He falls from grace
    Until a little bird sang:
    The truth is never ending
    We're just here pretending
    Let's all laugh so that we don't cry
    Let's all life our glasses up to the sky
    For some

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