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Same Shade as Concrete Lyrics by Circle Takes the Square

As the Roots Undo

2004

Rejoice, rejoice, a noble birth
A prince is born, behold the birth of violence
Beasts of fang and feather cry for our concrete rapture
And if we beg to be put down
Unto us, the most inspired storm
A princess ravaged by her prince
Behold the birth of sex and distance
Two frail corpses both were they
His eyes were the first to stray
Every tree held fastened earth to sky
Concrete replaces every branch and twig as they were frayed
Upon the birth of ambition
The heavens filled our gilded vessel with poison tears
Before we drink, I propose a toast, a final prayer
Here's to the watchers in the wood, here's to the last days
Unto us, a most inspired song
Shaper, stop the music
Halt the harp strings whose chords confuse our histories with textures
With the disheartened chorus of a hymnal whose choir is the conviction of the starving artless
Tempted by the feast of proof
That this body, that this body of work has worth
Uncertain as the fingering
Of a chord torn prematurely from a piano's womb
As we fill our precious lungs with concrete, that faithful shade
A shaper's song is stopped short, a final breath, a sinking shore
Then the only movement and the last remains of grace
Pollen falling off the simple hinge joint leg
Upon the final breath of a dragonfly
A cardinal, lost but headstrong in mid flight
Cries for our concrete rapture
Wade in the water, wade
Wade in the water, wade
Wade in the water, wade
Wade in the water, wade
Wade in the water
Wade in the water, child
Wade in the water
Wade in the water, child
(Let the flood swell)
Wade in the water
Wade in the water, child
(Let the flood swell)
Wade in the water
Wade in the water, child
(Let the flood swell)
Wade in the water
Wade in the water, child
(Let the flood swell)
Wade in the water
Wade in the water, child, wade
(Let the flood swell)
Let the flood swell
Let the flood swell
(Let the flood swell)
Let the flood swell
Let the flood swell
(Let the flood swell, let the flood swell)
The faithful say it's beautiful, it's god's will, let the flood swell
(Let the flood swell, let the flood swell)
But the prophets have seen no salvation's impending
(Let the flood swell, let the flood swell)
The faithful say it's beautiful, it's god's will, let the flood swell
(Let the flood swell, let the flood swell)
And the bodies that break will just float down the river
Stay tame, soft river
While we weigh our faith, stay sweet
Run softly, sweet river
The fool who wades in doubt will float like concrete
Come and, come and fill your lungs
Come and, come and fill your lungs
Come and, come and fill your lungs
Come and, come and fill your lungs
Come and, come and fill your lungs
Come and, come and fill your lungs
Come and, come and fill your lungs
Come and, come and fill your lungs
(There's so much hope buried underneath tragedy)
There's so much hope buried underneath
There's so much hope buried underneath
(It's the same shade as concrete)
Tragedy... Concrete
(There's so much hope buried underneath tragedy)
There's so much hope buried underneath
There's so much hope buried underneath
(It's the same shade as concrete)
Tragedy... Concrete
(Let the flood swell, let the flood swell)
The faithful say it's beautiful, it's god's will, let the flood swell
(Let the flood swell, let the flood swell)
On the loudspeaker sermons and a parish descending
(Let the flood swell, let the flood swell)
There's so much hope buried underneath tragedy
(Let the flood swell, let the flood swell)
It's the same shade as concrete
Let the flood swell
Credits
Circle Takes the Square

Circle Takes the Square

About “Same Shade as Concrete” by Circle Takes the Square

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