Farewell Transmission

[Verse 1]

The whole place is dark

Every light on this side of the town

Suddenly it all went down

Now we'll all be brothers of

The fossil fire of the sun

Now we will all be sisters of

The fossil blood of the moon

[Verse 2]

Someone must have set 'em up

Now they'll be workin' in the cold, grey rock

Now they'll be workin' in the hot mill steam

Now they'll be workin' in the concrete

In the sirens and the silences now

All thе great setup hearts

All at oncе start to beat

[Verse 3]

After tonight, if you don't want this to be

A secret out of the past

I will resurrect it, I'll have a good go at it

I'll streak his blood across my beak

Dust my feathers with his ash

I can feel his ghost breathin' down my back

[Chorus]

I will try and know whatever I try

I will be gone, but not forever

I will try and know whatever I try

I will be gone, but not forever

[Verse 4]

The real truth about it is

No one gets it right

Real truth about it is

We're all supposed to try

There ain't no end to the sands I've been tryin' to cross

The real truth about it is

My kind of life's no better off

It's got the map for if it's lost

[Chorus]

We will try and know whatever we try

We will be gone, but not forever

Come on, let's try and know whatever we try

We will be gone, but not forever

[Verse 5]

The real truth about it is

There ain't no end to the desert I'll cross

I've really known it all along

Mama, here comes midnight with the dead moon in its jaws

Must be the big star about to fall

Mama, here comes midnight with the dead moon in its jaws

Must be the big star about to fall

[Outro]

Long dark blues

Will-o'-the-wisp

Long dark blues

The big star is fallin'

Long dark blues

Through the static and distance

Long dark blues

A farewell transmission

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Long dark blues

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