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contender

from no match for greater minds by painted saints

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lyrics

CONTENDER

save save all your dimes
save for a day when
still sticky and sweet
sweat from your back pays won’t pay
may maybe he’ll fall
drunken capsize in the tenth round

you swing your fists in
blind wide circles
bright lights show the trickle
above your temple
you’re going down
everyone sees you
you’re naked in spectacle glory
content to be legend for one day

seeth seeth through your teeth
grin and take every
hit hit on your chin
turn the the other cheek
bruise bruised break the skin
scars show that you were there

tell your children
you were a contender
now its back to work and slowly sink into heart attack
one moment in lights eternal
your name was on the big lights and tourniquet
severed off
ten seconds is everything

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from no match for greater minds, released November 19, 2011

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