Phoenix

Album: How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last? (2021)
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  • Out in the loading bay light
    Watching the fog recede
    Divided the flame you slowly gave to me

    Sign underneath in my mind
    But I only caught you the one time
    Later, I'd watch you and wonder what it was like

    How do you bear the full weight?
    How does the long way feel
    Kneading your hand too tight against the wheel?

    How do you stay in that tower?
    How do you reckon your own power?
    How does the wheel not turn hour on hour on hour?

    I was trying to find my way
    I was thinking my mind was made
    But you were making my heart change shape
    It's all that I could take

    I was trying to find my way
    I was thinking my mind was made
    But you were making my heart change shape
    It's all that I could take

    How do you bear the full weight?
    How does the long way feel
    Kneading your hand too tight against the wheel?

    How do you stay in that tower?
    How do you reckon your own power?
    How does the wheel not turn hour on hour on hour?

    I was trying to find my way
    I was thinking my mind was made
    But you were making my heart change shape
    It's all that I could take now

    I was trying to find my way
    I was thinking my mind was made
    But you were making my heart change shape
    It's all that I could take now

    I was trying to find my way
    I was thinking my mind was made
    But you were making my heart change shape
    It's all that I could take now

    I was trying to find my way
    I was thinking my mind was made
    But you were making my heart change shape
    It's all that I could take now

    How do you stay in that tower?
    How does the long way feel?
    How does the wheel not turn hour on hour on hour?

    (Trying to find my way)
    (I was thinking my mind was made)
    (All that I, all that I could) Writer/s: Aaron Dessner, Anais Mitchell, Justin Deyarmond Vernon, Robin Pecknold
    Publisher: Exploration Group LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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