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Island

from Betrayer by The On Fires

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about

This song is about a 'dead' relationship being brought back to life. It's about the frustration of healing while others spectate and interfere.

lyrics

All hail to the spirit God
Say we a match made in hell
And if that’s what you think, that’s OK I guess
Just not something I’d contemplate

All hail to faces and the chatter
And the noise that never seems to end
And the miles and miles of enquiry
And curious hands
I never seem to get exactly what the deal is with all that
It just goes round and round til I forget
What I came here for

Nobody wants to be by themselves
But I wish I could be left alone
So I could sit here and talk with you
So we can walk outa here closer than where we came from

Now all this interference
You’ve got your deeper distance
You made yourself and Island
So have I

All hail to every second we attempt to control
The shit that goes on around us
I thought you told me we were through
So I climbed aboard some train-wreck of a passer-by
And gave everybody, even myself, the wrong impression

And for a second there managed to delude myself long enough
To think that everything was gonna work out just fine
But in the early small hours, I hated where I was, who I was with
And this total disconnection from anything real
Where you belong
Where you belong

Now all this interference
You’ve got your deeper distance
You made yourself and Island
So have I
And they won’t leave us alone
To gather the pieces
And talk our way home

Relax come on
Relax come on
Relax come on

Now all this interference you got
Now all this interference

Hey all this interference
You’ve got your deeper distance
You made yourself and Island
So have I
And they won’t leave us alone
To gather the pieces
And talk our way home

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from Betrayer, released March 1, 2010

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