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heaven knows what

from subvertical (album) by the madlys

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Bury me in miles of empty ocean,
I don't want to be remembered when I'm gone.
Relentlessly the tides have turned me over;
How I long to lay down these sodden bones.
Heaven knows what I've done wrong,
And why the water overflows.
If I were king my queen would be misfortune:
Is it wrong to wish I had been stillborn?
I've been crushed in the kick and rush:
Bloody and breathless.
Heaven knows what I've done wrong.

If life is free I ought to sue the makers –
I've been stung;
Why should I pay to feel the sun?
There’s bound to be a loophole in the paperwork,
A gun to the head of all us punks.
Heaven knows what I've done wrong,
And all I must be guilty of.
When I was young
The years were yet to hurt me;
Is it wrong to wish I had never grown?

Heaven knows what I've done wrong,
Is there so much I'm guilty of?
Bended knee and promises of virtue
Aren’t enough to keep the devil from my soul.
The more I seek the more the church is empty;
Where was God when I needed him the most?
I've been struck by the sucker punch:
Bloody and breathless.
Heaven knows what I've done wrong.
Heaven knows what.

Copyright (c) steven harris 2001/15

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from subvertical (album), released June 26, 2015

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