Artist: They Might Be Giants
Song: Pencil Rain
Album: Lincoln
Intro: Ab
Verse:
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The possible dream; finale of seem
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The moment that some call eternal, that some call insane
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Now helmets on each head, awaiting the first led
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The pageant is named: the Pencil Rain
Verse 2:
The infantry stands and holds out its hands
The marshall’s binoculars focus; and skyward they train
They’re searching the yonder blue — they look out for Number Two
The heraldry of the Pencil Rain
Bridge :
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Verse 3:
And now hear the roar that none can ignore
The thunderous clatter of splintering wood and lives that are claimed
And none who have witnessed all can speak of a nobler cause
Than perishing in the Pencil Rain
Outro:
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The Pencil Rain
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The Pencil Rain
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The Pencil Rain
