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Archaic Smile Lyrics by Wye Oak

If Children

2008

Sculptor, never leave my side
And expose this empty smile
Could the truth be falsified
And hold it off a little while
Never look quite right
Ponderous and idle
Still I'm gonna try
And show you my
Archaic smile
Two thousand years below the sea
Moves like a blinking eye
Sixty days in front of me
It is an ocean running dry
Temper all these hidden moves
Behind uneasy stares
Pass me to the centuries
They will never know what's there
What's there
Never look quite right
Ponderous and idle
Still I'm gonna try
And show you my
Archaic smile
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"Archaic Smile" is credited to Wye Oak. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Archaic Smile" appears on "If Children" in 2008.

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