Lay Down

Meredith Brooks

Lay down lay down



Lay it all down



Let your white birds smile up



On the ones who stand and frown



Lay down lay down



Lay it all down



Let your white birds smile up



On the ones who stand and frown




We were so close there was no room



We bled inside each other's wounds



We all had caught the same disease



We all sang the songs of peace




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What if I told you were stupid destructive soulless



callous, murderous, malignant, belligerent, ignorant



Would you believe me would you like that



Or would you prove me wrong and fight back



I'd like to take the sunshine right from the sky



And let it shine on you through my eyes



You see we all in the same boat trying to float



So everybody grab a oar we can make it to shore




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We were so close there was no room



We bled inside each other's wounds



We all had caught the same disease



We all sang the songs of peace



Some came to sing some came to pray



Some came to keep the dark away



So raise the candles high



'Cuz if you don't we could stay black against the night



Oh raise them higher again and if you do



we could stay dry against the rain




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