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As a Card Lyrics by WHY?

Mumps, Etc, Etc.

2012

I’ll hold my own death as a card in the deck
To be played when there are no other cards left

I’ll slip into the ocean, unnoticed
And notify no one on a notarized form
Enter slow on a hot summer morning
Like that one-legged locksmith in cold rain

But I’ll hold my own death as a card in the deck
To be played when there are no other cards left

As time drags on and I thin and whiten and my beard grows long
I might look like Walt Whitman
All sunken-eyed and dry and without pigment
But I want to be spry as a newborn kitten

And I’ll hold my own death as a card in the deck
To be played when there are no other cards left

I want to open like the bay does to the ocean
With an equal portion of every emotion
Or soldier forward and be hard as a flat board
With the heart of an approaching asteroid
Let go and ride like a cat’s toy in a dryer
Stay true to my matter like a brick in fire
Wrapped in my long years like a spool of wire
Unspoiled by the foils of fame and desire

So I’ll hold my own death as a card in the deck
To be played when there are no other cards left
Hold my own death as a card in the deck
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About “As a Card” by WHY?

Read the complete lyrics to "As a Card" by WHY? from the album "Mumps, Etc, Etc." in 2012. 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 Rap.

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"As a Card" appears on "Mumps, Etc, Etc." in 2012.

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