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I Was There

from Soil by Naevus

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I was there
And nothing hurt
Never the same
Never the same
Now it’s all been done
Again and again
Again and again
It’s all been done

Can you see me now?
Can you see me now?
Have I fallen down?
Have I fallen down?
Can you see me now?
Can you see me now?
Have I fallen down?
Have I fallen down?

Well, now I’m living
Like a normal man
And desire is out
The window
Now something must be done
But nothing will be done
To avert my eyes
From nothing

Now, I didn’t know
No, I didn’t know
Was I looking away
When I regained my life?
No, I didn’t know
No, I didn’t know
I was looking away
When I regained my life

Well, do you see these hands
Gone scaly and old?
Like another son
Like another son
And do you see this back
That I never see?
I let it suffer for me
Wherever I go

Nothing to be done
There’s nothing to be done
But I’m going to do
What I’ve never done
It was never the same
It was never the same
They suffered for us
When we stared them down

Never the same
Never the same
But they let us be born
Into God’s good air
There was a way around
And there’s a way around
But I’m damned if I
Can find it

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from Soil, released July 1, 2001
Words and music by Lloyd James.

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Naevus London, UK

Lloyd James: voice, guitar. Ben McLees: bass. Hunter Barr: drums. Sam Astley: guitar.

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