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Sylvia (World of Hate)

from Shame (2018 Remix) by Spirit Night

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For Sylvia Likens

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We rode bikes past that house on the day that she died 
And there wasn't a sound or a chill in the air 
We only later heard news of what had happened inside 
When her body gave out at the foot of the stairs 

If there was something underground 
Just screaming to be let out 
We didn't notice it until 
It left its tracks through our town 
And in the bloody aftermath 
We stood looking around 
And wondering where we had been 
Looking before the day when 

Somebody could have saved you if you had only spoken out 
And no, I could never blame you-- I only wish you had now 
When they breathed into your body, it was already too late 
And you'd only just had that one look at a world of hate 

We threw rocks at that house for the next fifty years 
And no figure appeared in the attic window 
We skipped class and we drank stolen bottles of beer 
In the back of your car on the way to the show 

And we grew up and we moved out 
Every year in small ways 
Past the Jesus billboards and 
Beyond the forgotten graves 
Of Sylvia and all the rest 
I don't remember their names 
But I'm afraid that underground 
Their flesh decayed the same way 

Somebody could have saved you if you had only spoken out 
And no, I could never blame you-- I only wish you had now 
When they breathed into your body, it was already too late 
And you'd only just had that one look at a world of hate 

And when it happens, it is never quite clear 
How this could happen, but it does every year 
I'll sleep through the same life 
That was taken from you 
Though it doesn't seem right 
But what more could I do? 

Somebody could have saved you if you had only spoken out 
And no, I could never blame you-- I'm just thinking out loud 
When they breathed into your body, it was already too late 
And you'd only just had that one look at a world of hate

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from Shame (2018 Remix), released March 23, 2018
Dylan Balliett - Vocals, Guitar
Ryan Hizer - Bass
Pete Wilmoth - Drums

Recorded by David Klug in 2015. Mixed by Chris Teti in 2017.

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