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   When blood sees blood of its own
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   It sings to see itself again
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   It sings to hear the voice it's known
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   It sings to recognize the face

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    One body split and passed along the line
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    From the shoulder to the hip
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    I know these bones as being mine
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    And the curving of the lip


[Chorus]
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    And my question to you is:
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How did this come to pass?
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How did this one life fall so far and fast?


[Verse 2]
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    Some are lean and some with grace, and some without;
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    All tell the story that repeats
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    Of a child who had been left alone at birth
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    Left to fend and taught to fight

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    See his eyes and how they start with light
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    Getting colder as the pictures go
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    Did he carry his bad luck upon his back?
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    That bad luck we've all come to know


[Chorus]
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    And my question to you is:
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How did this come to pass?
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How did this one life fall so far and fast?


[Post-Chorus]
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   When blood sees blood of its own
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   It sings to see itself again
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   It sings to hear the voice it's known
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   It sings to recognize the face