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Cough Lyrics by Forrest Day

The Second

2013

[Verse 1]
Labor-loving lab coats coated in canola oil
Royal in their blood but scum in the water boil
Babies go crazy, blasting out their cribs
Got dibs, got shotgun
The meat by the ribs

[Verse 2]
Last chance to jump, splatter on the water
Got her captured by the kidnapper, came with their daughter
I'd take it back, but I can't, so I don't
I wanna laugh, and I can, but I won't

[Chorus]
It's not the answer we came to hear
It's dirty, it's gray, it remains unclear
All the principles we hold dear
Quit looking for 'em, they're not here

[Verse 3]
Match on the floor, burning up linoleum
Nostrils flare like the cost of pеtroleum
Little baby blue-bloods inhеriting the earth
Net worth, swallowing your earnings since birth

[Verse 4]
Some slip through, and that's the little shimmer
That we all swim to when our fates grow dimmer
Little baby red-bloods inheriting the truth
The youth, unrelenting and resolute

[Chorus]
It's not the answer we came to hear
It's dirty, it's gray, it remains unclear
All the principles we hold dear
Quit looking for 'em, they're not here
It's not the answer we came to hear
It's dirty, it's gray, it remains unclear
All the principles we hold dear
Quit looking for 'em, they're not here

[Verse 5]
Master manipulator, dominating king of the hill
Always a sucker for cheap thrills
Go get him while he's weak, never to get his fill
Stabbing him in the gut, hankering for the kill

[Verse 6]
Take back what's ours, stop and smell the roses
Working long hours, entering psychosis, hypnosis
A spark to break the spell, a rebel yell
Sending them fat hoarders to hell

[Chorus]
It's not the answer we came to hear
It's dirty, it's gray, it remains unclear
All the principles we hold dear
Quit looking for 'em, they're not here
It's not the answer we came to hear
It's dirty, it's gray, it remains unclear
All the principles we hold dear
Quit looking for 'em, they're not here
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Forrest Day

Forrest Day

About “Cough” by Forrest Day

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"Cough" is credited to Forrest Day. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Cough" appears on "The Second" in 2013.

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