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Hail St. Sebastian

Release date: 2012

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"Hail St. Sebastian" is a track by The Mountain Goats, released 2012. Full lyrics are available below.

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Hail St. Sebastian

[Verse 1]

It gets harder to keep trying to hold on

Watch our hopes take wing

Wave at them when they're gone

Plunge like suicides from rooftops

Break our ankles when we land

And bless the arrows

That strike us where we stand

[Chorus]

If it doesn't crush me

It's alright

If it doesn't break me

It's alright

All the petty demons trying to break me in two

I was born stronger than any of you

It's alright

It's alright

It's alright

[Verse 2]

It gets complicated

When they come in for their counterattack

Everybody hates a victim

Who won't stop fighting back

Sprayed blood in their faces

Play for keeps

And bless the brave assassins

Who strike us while we sleep

[Chorus]

If it doesn't crush me

It's alright

If it doesn't break me

It's alright

All the petty demons trying to break me in two

I was born stronger than any of you

It's alright

It's alright

It's alright

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Hail St. Sebastian

2012

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