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The Last Time

from Turn to the Left by The Sinister Turns

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Let's cease the self-destructiveness, shall we?

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I'm sure the relief of laying down the sword is a million times the rush of a single chord, but I've no albatross to lift off my neck, so I'm clawing at air and creating a wreck.

If there's no window cracking, shouldn't I be glad? Instead the glass bells are shattered by my own hand. The instinct of destruction breaks the melting sand, clear tales of time.

My bright blue heart and crimson eyes are new whenever you're near me and I am near you. The rose in my shoulder sheds its thorns, and I gather them back just so that I won't be alone.

Oh, I've no albatross, just kisses on my neck, but still I feel the weight upon my shoulders. It is not the end I need, it is the means to cleanse me.

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The stars, they pull me in and shut me out: I'll lose them for the last time.
The words are colder now I'm older now: I'll say them for the last time.
The doors that used to close on my shadow: They'll hurt me for the last time.
The waters come, the waters come: The waters will move me for the the last time.

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from Turn to the Left, released November 20, 2006
I started writing this at the academic awards ceremony my senior year of high school. You can tell by the Rime of the Ancient Mariner reference, even though I was a science nerd. So thanks, Coleridge!

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The Sinister Turns Cambridge

The Sinister Turns are a four-piece independent pop-rock band based out of Cambridge, Massachusetts, playing richly-orchestrated piano-driven pop influenced by Okkervil River, Mirah, the Organ, and Salvador Dali sliced eyes.

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