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You and Me in the Absence of Predators

from Breathing Water in a Dream by The Benzene Ring

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Twist and shout
There's monsters hereabouts
Let's go smoke them out
Look at you
So soft and small and white
I could talk to you all night

But maybe there's a chance for you and me, in the absence of predators, to make it last and write more precious harmonies for no one else to hear

Children out on transatlantic tours
My seat next to yours
When we arrive
I don't want them to see
That you're next to me

But maybe there's a chance for you and me, in the absence of predators, to make it last and write more precious harmonies for no one else to hear

We were heaven sent
But I see no more, I see no reason to look back, look down, look back, look down
The cut that hurts the most and bleeds the most is one inflicted by a friend
Too bad, too bad, too bad

Say no more
We all love labor's laws in a man
Kick and scream
We all know what you mean
And we don't care
We don't fucking care

Maybe one day we'll meet again
On some other spectral plane
We'll go dancing by ourselves
We won't need to breathe this air

Can't you feel yourself distending like a bear?
And no one cares how you sound
Can't you hear yourself
You sound like someone's trash they took out because it was not worth a damn

Oh no
It can't be true
The paper heart I gave to you
Oh no
It can't be true
The paper heart I gave to you

Twist and shout
There's monsters hereabouts
Let's go smoke them out
Look at you
So soft and small and white
I could talk to you all night

But maybe there's a chance for you and me, in the absence of predators, to make it last and write more precious harmonies for no one else to hear

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from Breathing Water in a Dream, released January 1, 2006

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The Benzene Ring New York

The Benzene Ring is a Brooklyn prog-rock band. They explore lush textures and intricate, ambitious compositions. Their music appeals to fans of Yes, Sunny Day Real Estate, Hum, The Mars Volta, Porcupine Tree, and Kayo Dot. Crossing the Divide, called “a true masterpiece,” and an "enormous, truly enormous prog-epic!", features Jeff Aldrich, Eric Hertenstein, Hwarg, and Daniel Gibson. ... more

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