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Beast Lyrics by David Thomas Broughton

Crippling Lack

2016

Sun picks out pale warblers on willow
And painted ladies pausing on perches
Before pairing clumsily and padding on the breeze
Wrapped in Earth's diurnal course with rocks, and stones, and trees
Ravaged as we are some day by some sort of disease
To the one new young friend we have, to the one new young friend we have:
Almost inaudible sounds, almost inaudible sounds come through like sirens to your ears
You have to watch yourself, you have to watch yourself if you want to be taken seriously
You are always showing your age

To one of the many people I regret not showing more attention to:
I am not the trained health specialist, the trained health specialist with the beautiful dark skin
I'm simply the friend you once had, Simon, come to see the state that you're in
If you can't be forgiving, if you can't be forgiving then you can't be my friend
We drink 'til we're drunk, we drink 'til we're drunk and we walk 'til we bend
My love is something, wy love is something that comes with no question
But you insist on, but you insist on it's dissection
My love is a stone that has known no attrition
Have been left with nothing but blanks of uncertainty
How could you have seen future in the futility of love?
How could you have seen something that was not?
When we would become the beast with two consciences

When we would become the beast with two consciences
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David Thomas Broughton

David Thomas Broughton

About “Beast” by David Thomas Broughton

Read the complete lyrics to "Beast" by David Thomas Broughton from the album "Crippling Lack" in 2016. On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under Freak Folk, British Folk, Avant Folk.

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"Beast" is credited to David Thomas Broughton. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Beast" appears on "Crippling Lack" in 2016.

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Apologies
Crippling Lack, Pt. 2
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