Humiliation

Humiliation - The National
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I survived the dinner
And the air went thinner
I retired to the briars by the pool
It gets so loud
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If I die this instant
Taken from a distance
They will probably list it down
Among other things around town.
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Got my rings around me
I got baby to pound me
I see stars and go weak
My baby cries and lays me down
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In the skies over black Venice
I see eyes of a white menace
The surprise of the week
Is that I never heard the sound
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And all the L.A. women
Fall asleep while swimming
I got paid to fish her mind
And then one day I lost the job
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And I cried a little
I got fried a little
Then she laid her eyes on mine
And she said, "Babe, you're better off"
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I got my rings around me
I got baby to pound me
I see stars and go weak
My baby cries and lays me down
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In the skies over black Venice
I see eyes of a white menace
The surprise of the week
Is that I never heard the sound
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Tunnel vision lights my way
Leave a little life today
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As a free-fall advances
I'm the moron who dances
Ahhahhhahhhahhhahhahh
I was teething on roses
I was in guns and noses
Ahhahhhahhhahhhahhahh
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Under the withering white sky's a humiliation

Under the withering white sky's a humiliation
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Tunnel vision lights my way
Leave a little life today
Tunnel vision lights my way
Leave a little life today
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She wore blue velvet
Said she can't help it
She wore blue velvet
Said she can't help it
She wore blue velvet
Said she can't help it
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