Neon Cathedral - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis/Allen stone.mp3

[00:12.02]'Round here they sing broken hymns
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[00:15.14]The prayers flow better when they're soaked in gin
[00:17.65]The amp's dusty and sits in the corner
[00:19.96]By a bartender that'll pickpocket your heart
[00:21.77]And a jukebox that'll steal your quarter
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[00:24.27]Bartender, please give me a confession
[00:26.58]Exchange fear for courage in the form of a well drink
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[00:29.90]There's a heavy current, got a long way to swim
[00:32.39]Closed the Bible a while ago, I need some shots for this sin
[00:35.33]Hail Mary, come with me, feel like Pac when it hits
[00:38.15]Got some fire in my belly and a riot in the gut
[00:41.27]Bushmills for a bandaid, the sweet taste of blood
[00:44.09]Then I might actually feel something if I don't cover it up
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[00:47.15]Rusted faces, familiar places
[00:49.89]Even if they haven't left the vinyl booth that they stayed in
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[00:53.27]The motel next door, a sign that reads vacant
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[00:55.78]And a truth that's so strong I'd be a fool not to chase it
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[00:59.83]But yet, I'm a fool and I stay here
[01:01.78]Hope these problems drown themselves, I die in wait here
[01:04.71]One more, four more, **** it; a night cap
[01:07.65]Service starts at 5 tomorrow and I'll be right back
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[01:14.49]Underneath this fragile frame
[01:20.11]Lives a battle between pride and shame
[01:25.99]But I've misplaced that sense of fight
[01:31.74]This crown of thorns is perched atop my spine
[01:37.61]listen closely as I testify
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[01:43.74]Dependency has been a thief at night
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[01:47.78]Thief at night, thief at night
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[01:58.11]I read the Bible but I forgot the verses
[02:00.29]The liquor store is open later than the churches
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[02:03.42]Pure by their imperfections, everything is burning
[02:05.98]To hell with the confessions, all the Lord immerses
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[02:09.36]Blessed in holy water, the sin of Holy Father
[02:11.98]Have you ever smelled bless that sweats atmonic vodka
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[02:15.01]11 AM in the morning and you can't get it off yah
[02:17.95]Callin' to the preacher but it's like the pastor isn't talking
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[02:20.82]Until the store opens I can read up on that doctrine
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[02:23.70]The people close to me say I'm in need of a doctor
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[02:26.64]Think that I got a problem but these are not apostles
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[02:29.51]This the drink of the Lord, that's according to my gospel
[02:32.51]Open to interpretation, if you're judging it I don't want it
[02:35.38]I got sins that scold like my throat when I hit the bottle
[02:38.45]And I'm sinking and that's why I keep on drinking
[02:41.20]I need a refill, far more than once every weekend
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[02:44.95]Sweet Jesus, I'm getting amnesia
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[02:47.63]Shaking 'til I get a taste, my faith is having seizures
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[02:50.26]Every time I walk away and try to leave it
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[02:53.39]Every time I walk away and try to leave it
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[02:57.83]Wouldn't miss it for the world
[02:59.21]Baptized in my vices and the bar is my church
[03:02.33]Traded my artist and I pawned off the easel
[03:04.59]Spend it all searching for God at the neon cathedral
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[03:09.46]Wouldn't miss it for the world
[03:10.52]
[03:11.09]Baptized in my vices and the bar is my church
[03:12.90]
[03:13.96]Traded my artist and I pawned off the easel
[03:15.77]
[03:16.46]Spend it all searching for God, neon cathedral
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[03:20.97]Neon cathedral
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[03:23.85]Underneath this fragile frame
[03:26.04]
[03:28.98]Lives a battle between pride and shame
[03:32.23]
[03:34.60]But I've misplaced that sense of fight
[03:38.23]
[03:40.67]This crown of thorns is perched atop my spine
[03:43.14]
[03:46.51]Listen closely as I testify
[03:50.32]
[03:52.70]Dependency has been a thief at night
[03:57.07]Thief at night, thief at night
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[04:04.32]Dependency has been a thief at night
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[04:09.26]Thief at night, thief at night
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[04:15.75]Dependency has been a thief at night
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[04:19.82]Thief at night, thief at night
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