Cedars of Lebanon Yesterday I spent asleep Woke up in my clothes in a dirty heap Spent the night tryin to make a deadline Squeezin complicated lives into a simple headline I have your face in an old Polaroid Tidyin the childrens clothes and toys You smilin back at me I took the photo from the fridge Cant remember what Emily did Havent been with a woman, it feels like, for years Thought of you the whole time, your salty tears This shitty world sometimes produces a rose The scent of it lingers but then it just goes
Return the call to home
The worst of us are a long drawn-out confession The best of us are geniuses of compression You say youre not gonna leave the truth alone Im here cause I dont wanna go home
Child drinkin dirty water from a riverbank Soldier brings oranges he got out from a tank Waitin on the waiter, hes takin a while to come Watchin the sun go down on Lebanon
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I got a head like a lit cigarette Unholy clouds reflect in a minaret So high above me, higher than everyone Where are you in the cedars of Lebanon?
Choose your enemies carefully, cause they will define you Make them interesting cause in some ways they will mind you Theyre not there in the beginning but when your story ends Gonna last with you longer than your friends