Dresden

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Theres a hole in the frame of the window
And in the winter it gets cold
Who's to blame? Where does the guilt go?
There's bodies in these buildings, did you know?

There's fissures, can't you see, in the architecture
There's flaws inherently in a system that's so simple
Did you hear the bells of Dresden?
There were saints and gods there, too. What happened to them?

That's the hole where the church was
That's the hole where the guilt goes
And there's no blame. There's no sacrificing
They've taken it away. No, we took it back ourselves

Did you hear the bombs in Dresden?
Did you hear the bombs in Kabul?
Did you hear the bombs in... does it matter?
Did you hear a thing?

I'm a child, I'm a failure. You're the hole in the frame of the window.
I'm a child, I'm a failure. You're the hole in the frame of the window.

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from II, released March 9, 2020

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