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Darling Shade Lyrics by The New Pornographers

Whiteout Conditions

2017

[Verse 1]
When you add your voice to bad choices
Then your not-so-white becomes mannered
Stripping down the walls like quicksilver
Dripping down as slowly as solvent
[Bridge 1]
And for you, the Pulitzer Prize
For stepping into traffic
Now the new, the Americas
You broke through, you're laughing
[Verse 2]
We have found no use for the profane
Searching for the gods in our corners
With the ignorance of a poet
An unbreakable focus of mortars
[Chorus]
Darling, shade or shadow
Darling, shade or shadow
[Verse 3]
Was the singer from the bad choices
Or a singer without a pretense
When you give your mind to your voices
You accept the terms of your sentence
[Bridge 2]
And for you the Pulitzer Prize
For time served, you're walking
Now the new, the Americas
You broke through, it's nothing
[Chorus]
Darling, shade or shadow
Darling, shade or shadow
[Verse 4]
You can get to climb the new tower
Thinking you could learn a new language
Don't you want to turn a few favors
Since you left everybody hanging
[Chorus]
Darling, shade or shadow
Darling, shade or shadow
Darling, shade or shadow
Darling, shade or shadow
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The New Pornographers

The New Pornographers

About “Darling Shade” by The New Pornographers

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"Darling Shade" appears on "Whiteout Conditions" in 2017.

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