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The Decemberists

One Engine

Release date: 20th March 2012

From The Hunger Games (Songs from District 12 and Beyond)
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'One Engine' by The Decemberists is a 2012 track from 'The Hunger Games (Songs from District 12 and Beyond)'. Its lyrics focus on a precarious escape, the strain of restraints being broken, and the bitter weight of a “martyr” line and a statement of right that seems hard to feel. The repeated insistence that the engine can barely get away gives the song a breathless, almost pleading urgency, capped by the speaker’s desire to reach someone who is struggling to take it in. The vision is plain and physical, right down to the effort it takes to move at all, even for a moment.

"One Engine" is a track by The Decemberists, from the album The Hunger Games (Songs from District 12 and Beyond), released 20th March 2012. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about The Decemberists.

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Lyrics

One Engine

One engine barely makes it away

One engine barely makes it away

Hold on, they're breaking their bonds

Hold on, they're breaking their bonds

One engine barely makes it away

And the martyr line

It's a bitter pill

And the line of right

It will barely make you feel

I'd like to get you in some kind of way

Some kind of trouble in some kind of way

Bear down, they'll run you aground

Bear down, they'll run you aground

We all must suffer awhile in a way

And the martyr line

It's a bitter pill

And the line of right

It will barely make feel, make you feel

Barely make you feel, make you feel

And the martyr line

It's a bitter pill

And the line of right

It will barely make you feel, make you feel

Barely make you feel, make you feel

One engine

One engine

One engine barely makes it away

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From The Hunger Games (Songs from District 12 and Beyond)

2012
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The Hunger Games (Songs from District 12 and Beyond)
The Hunger Games (Songs from District 12 and Beyond)
Taylor Swift
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2012
  1. —One Engine
  2. —The Ruler and the Killer
  3. —Eyes Open
  4. —Nothing to Remember
  5. —Run Daddy Run
  6. —Come Away to the Water
  7. —Abraham's Daughter
  8. —Safe & Sound
  9. —Take the Heartland
  10. —Tomorrow Will Be Kinder
  11. —Just a Game

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