Bright Flashes

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There were bright flashes the day you were born
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And your mother's hair was brown.
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All of the doctors pronounced you a dead man
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And they told her what to prepare for.
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Somewhere far from you at the center of earth
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The science that made you awoke.

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And it said oooo.

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The gods in the sky draped in cloth made of clover
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Amused by the cliffs of your plights
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Sent down a goddess with hair black as night.
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She gave you a piece of her power.
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And once you were young and gasping for air
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And now you are strong as a mountain.

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And all things considered it's quite coincidence I am still here and so are you.

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The floor of the Earth may decide to upturn us,
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The skies might be ready to strike.
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And you might decide, overwhelmed with surprise
D - Bm - A
That there might be something on earth worth saving.

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Let it be me.

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Oxygen sometimes can lead you off course
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and breathing is something to die for,
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but all things considered it's quite coincidence I am still here and so are you.