The Storm (The Applause)

from There Exists An Abstraction Ladder by Burywood

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You're standing, shaking on the Michigan border
You lie awake as the papers come to take it over
You dream in shapes with no significant order
Why are you sleeping when you know that the storm is comin'?

A pioneer, you led applause
You were a pioneer, you led applause
You were a pioneer, you led applause
You can go back to shaking long enough to die in peace

There's painted faces coming out of the woodwork
You'd hardly know it from the sickly summer bar adhesive
Every mistake just gets a little bit larger
When you set out to make all your mistakes a little larger

A pioneer, you led applause
You were a pioneer, you led applause
You were a pioneer, you led applause
You can go back to shaking long enough to die in...

A pioneer, you led applause
You were a pioneer, you led applause
You were a pioneer, you led applause
You can go back to shaking long enough
The storm is gonna get ya just the same!

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from There Exists An Abstraction Ladder, released November 2, 2009

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