Dirty Hands

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These hands scar easily and they're not near as strong as they used to be. They've been through bricks and walls and ceilings and have bled on floors and doors, but have never been caught stealing. They've held on tight to things that always escape and they've let go of things that want to stay. These fingers have woven with others into a bond that's been broken, burnt and smothered. These hands have been fists attached to my wrists which are on my arms and when I die they'll be placed across my chest and cover my heart. I'll be lowered into the earth, decompose and become dirt and will one day be a garden. In this garden will be a flower and in a very special hour someone will pick it and place it behind the ear of a bride, hiding behind her veil, and I'll just be the dirt under the groom's fingernail.

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Karl Thomas Spaeth - vocals, guitar, harmonium

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