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Sharp Is the Strain Lyrics by Quiet Arrows

Continents Were Made to Sink

2012

[Verse 1]
I shook hands with my thoughts today
We agreed to go our separate ways
Set aside all the differences
Mine were yellow, theirs were grey

[Verse 2]
I don't know where the balance lies
Today i wish that it would open its eyes
Glance around at the indifferences
Yawn and turn upon a sleepy sigh

[Chorus]
Sharp is the strain so am I to blame
For changing the subject and forgetting names
Shove them away as I hesitate
Steadily spilling all that still remains

[Verse 3]
I suspect that there is more debris
Splintered pieces left inside of me
Thinking through what the difference is
Between extracting the sting and remedy

[Chorus]
Sharp is the strain so am I to blame
For changing the subject and forgetting names
Shove them away as I hesitate
Steadily spilling all that still remains

[Bridge]
Ohh Ohh
Ohh Ohh

[Chorus]
Sharp is the strain so am I to blame
For changing the subject and forgetting names
Shove them away as I hesitate
Steadily spilling all that still remains
Sharp is the strain so am I to blame
For changing the subject and forgetting names
Shove them away as I hesitate
Steadily spilling all that still remains

About “Sharp Is the Strain” by Quiet Arrows

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"Sharp Is the Strain" appears on "Continents Were Made to Sink" in 2012.

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