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Kill It To Live

from Pretending To Fly (fdm096) by Chris Anderson

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KILL IT TO LIVE

we used to sit out on the ledge
never slipping off the edge
just lying there like birds unwinged
waiting for the wind
waiting for the wind to sing

behind the wood and stained-glass wall
they kept him breathing til the fall
still trying and denying him
he never made an open choice
waiting for the wind
waiting for another voice

we never really thought they'd have
to buy the world to give
we never really thought they'd have
to kill it to just to live
your thoughts, like open hearts
are caught like diamonds in a sieve
we never really thought we'd have
to kill it just to live

ten-cent, fingerprint
newsprint whore
wail on the rail
like a banshee at the door
the lions do their penance
while lying naked on the floor

sleeping, swerving, down the road
the steepest mountains soon erode
and point towards the answers that
he had scribbled underneath his hat
waiting for the wind
to knock him down and leave him flat

we never really thought they'd have
to buy the world to give
we never really thought they'd have
to kill it to just to live
your thoughts, like open hearts
are caught like diamonds in a sieve
we never really thought wey'd have
to kill it just to live

harnessing rebellion
choose another fear
tarnished like Trevelyan
with dirt between his ears
dream of a new morning
or an old one to relive
dream of frigid warnings
to kill it just to live

no sleep, no peace
no love, no breath
no inbetween

waiting for the wind to sing

ten-cent, fingerprint
newsprint whore
wail on the rail
like a banshee at the door
waiting for the wind
to slap your face
and close the door

we never really thought we'd have
to kill it to just to live

-4/10/05

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from Pretending To Fly (fdm096), released December 15, 2017

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Chris Anderson Alexandria, Virginia

Chris is a wildly prolific songwriter who has hovered among the outskirts of the music world for over 30 years. On his own label, Flying Dachshund Music, Chris has released 154 CDs, 96 of them being full-length albums. That's just the tip of the iceberg and there are no signs of stopping. Ever.

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