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Verse 1:
I can hear the cannons calling as though across a dream
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And i can smell the smoke of Hell in every stitch and seam
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And like flowers, the bodies tumble around this muddied lot
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I cannot hear them scream “Forget me not”
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Verse 2:
Your voice, it carries over the hubbub and the hum
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And it paints the sky and circles high like the beating of a drum
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You will scream “I won’t forget you”, and I’ll cover my cold ears
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It cannot be a lie if no-one hears
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Verse 3:
‘Cause although you say good day to me i know i don’t belong
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And although you hold my hand and say “i love you”, you are wrong
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Because love does not exist here, in this garden there’s no feeling
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And you say the words so often that i barely know the meaning
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And when all the flowers are rotten and all the cannons shot
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I’ll scream, but you won’t hear, “Forget me not”
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Verse 4:
And in years to come, you’ll wander to the place upon our hill
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And then you’ll cry to a painted sky “I loved him then, i love him still”
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Then you’ll strew some sage and lillies and roses where i rot
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Of all fhe flowers you picked, i knew you would forget forget-me-nots
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