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Fold

from Safe and Sound by Tumbledown

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She folds herself in on herself
Your mother still protects her belly
She knows that’s where life flows from
You will find unfamiliar lines
That you will feel with weakened fingers
And won’t your life have changed when your eyes open…

Is that one friend? Is this one foe?
I’ve not the eyes to see the difference
Without you beside me I stumble blindly
And as for our endless sacrifices, mom
Here’s my best-kept secret
I don’t think we’ll live to see the difference.
We won’t have seen a change nor suffered indifference.

Now stand by mother and don’t you cry
Hard she’ll try but pain will find you
As countless parasites take arms against you
What could she give up of herself
To protect, to guide, to comfort?
Could she beg the world to show you mercy?

Is that one friend? Is this one foe?
I’ve not the eyes to see the difference
Without you beside me I stumble blindly
And as for our endless sacrifices, mom
Here’s my best-kept secret
I don’t think we’ll live to see the difference.
We won’t have seen a change…

Tell me when to fold.

Tell me when the coast is clear
Show me how to cross my own lines
Take a switch to me should I disobey you
And as for your endless sacrifices, mom
Here’s my next best secret
I don’t think I’ll live to thank you enough

Tell me when to fold.

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from Safe and Sound, released January 1, 2006

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