One Who Cries

from You Can No Longer Blame It On The Machines by Alastair Ottesen

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heard a laughing child in the valley wild
singing words under rainy weather
so i wrote them down for you who've yet to be born

all the diamond rings, all the easy things
won't be with you to last forever
may your inner ghost love and prune you with scorn

for the one who cries
is the one who says there's more than we can say
though it's dark and cold
i believe i'd like to live another day
for the one who cries

devil's talking now says remember how
i turned pain into all your pleasure
may you never look directly into my lies

but the night then ran and the day began
and you wake to the face of your lover
and you disappear into the sea of her eyes

for the one who cries
is the one who says there's more than we can say
though it's dark and cold
i believe i'd like to live another day
for the one who cries

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from You Can No Longer Blame It On The Machines, released June 20, 2011
Alastair Ottesen - vocals, guitar, piano, harmonium, glockenspiel
Myles Turney - electric guitar
Craig Akin - bass
Joel Arnow - drums

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