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The Lawrence Arms – The Revisionist (2003) | Track profile | Dork

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The Greatest Story Ever Told
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The Lawrence Arms

The Revisionist

Release date: 23rd September 2003

From The Greatest Story Ever Told

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About This Track

"The Revisionist" is a track by The Lawrence Arms, from the album The Greatest Story Ever Told, released 23rd September 2003. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

The Lawrence Arms

The Lawrence Arms

Lyrics

The Revisionist

The sway and swell

Fill you with her motion

Red gold across my arms

The vicious strokes I've painted

A river fills your heart

I'm sorry if I let you down

I know just how you feel tonight

This is never what you wanted

I've been searching for myself

In other peoples' eyes

The mirror's telling half truths

The stolen words finally feel like mine

Swollen and sweating, off-time

I can see it on your eyes

An ocean floods my heart

I'm sorry that I let you down

You know just how I feel tonight

This is everything I wanted

You've been searching for yourself

In other peoples' eyes

The revisionist never gets it perfect

Never gets it perfect

The revisionist never gets you perfect

Never gets you perfect

The time is never ripe

The words are never right

The time is never ripe

The words are never right

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Track details

From The Greatest Story Ever Told

2003

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Album

The Greatest Story Ever Told

The Lawrence Arms

Release year

2003

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—The Disaster March
—Fireflies
—Chapter 13: The Hero Appears
—Alert the Audience!
—A Wishful Puppeteer
—Drunk Mouth Kitchen Smile
—Hesitation Station
—Outro (Hobo Reprise)
—On with the Show
—Introduction (The Ramblin' Boys of Pleasure Sing the Hobo Clown Chorus)
—The Raw and Searing Flesh
—The March of the Elephants
—The Revisionist

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