Next Of Kin

from Fire, Then Rain by The Shape Of The Earth

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Hide your head up in the clouds
the sun's so bright you'll never come back down
drown your ears somewhere downtown,
the song's so good you'll never lose the sound

but you can't begin
to hide the way you feel at the day's end
if practice makes the perfect devil's twin
then I win
but i'm not actually him
I'm only next of kin
and despite these silly faults
I'm still alright

2am in gentle glow
the television volume is set to low.
and how that vision fades of youth
always breaking down
but not of me quite yet, of me quite yet

but I can't begin
to hide the way I feel at the day's end
I'm in,
if practice makes the perfect devil's twin
then I win
but i'm not actually him
I'm only next of kin
and despite these silly faults
I'm still alright

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from Fire, Then Rain, released June 24, 2012

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